Against pure reason
Subtitle: writings on religion, language, and history
By: Johann Gottfried Herder ; translated, edited, and with an introduction by Marcia Bunge.
Contributors: Bunge, Marcia J. 1954-
Series: Fortress texts in modern theology
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
Subjects: Religion -- Philosophy -- Early works to 1800.; Theology -- Early works to 1800.; History -- Religious aspects -- Early works to 1800.
Description: The figure of Johann Gottfried Herder looms increasingly important not only for his prescient contributions to many fields - biblical criticism, philosophy of language, literary criticism, philosophy of history - but also for his pivotal position between the impulses of the Enlightenment and Romanticism. Many of Herder's questions and concerns are more pressing at the end of the modern era than they were at its inception. Bunge's lucid and engaging translations of signal texts from Herder - most appearing here for the first time in English - are arranged thematically: human nature, language, and history; myth and religion; God and nature; literature and the Bible; and Christianity and theology. Along with her extensive Introduction and Bibliography, they constitute an essential resource for coming to terms with the checkered legacy of the Enlightenment. -- Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. xiii-xx).