Geschrieben 1936-38, am Vorabend des Zweiten Weltkriegs, mit furchtlosem Blick auf die Medusenhäupter der Diktaturen, eines Dritten Reiches, eines sowjetischen Kollektivismus, auch eines Papstes, ist dieser Aufruf zur Selbsterkenntnis der Macht der Vernunft, zur Autonomie des ICH nach fast 80 Jahren noch von geradezu unheimlicher Aktualität. In konstruktiver Auseinandersetzung mit Kant und Ernst Marcus entwirft Friedlaender/Mynona das „System der Immanenz“, der Erfahrung, des Lebens. Es gibt auch „eine intelligente Wut,“ sagt er, „einen weisen Zorn gegen Irrtum, Lug, Trug“ und (...) gegen eine Toleranz, die alles zuläßt, anstatt von klar begründeter Position aus allen Zweifel und Opportunismus scharf abzuweisen. Der Mensch, hatte er schon vor dem Ersten Weltkrieg erklärt, „hat ein wahrhaft kolossales Vertrauen zum,Tode’“ – „er ist das wahre Rindvieh des Todes.“ Der Philosoph korrigiert nur die Druckfehler im Buch des Lebens. Die Vereinzelten Bemerkungen (243 Abschnitte) werden hier zum ersten Mal publiziert. Mit Einleitung, Stellenkommentar und Illustrationen. (shrink)

I. 1878-April 1919 -- II. Mai 1919-April 1931 -- III. Mai 1931-Dezember 1934 -- IV. Dezember 1934-Oktober 1935 -- V. Oktober 1935-Juli 1936 -- VI. Juli 1936-November 1937 -- VII. Dezember 1937-Oktober 1938.

Salomo Friedlaender was a prolific German-Jewish philosopher, poet, and satirist. His Kant for Children is intended to help young people learn about Immanuel Kant’s philosophy. Friedlaender writes, “Morality is inherent in us organically. But its abstract formula should be imprinted on schoolchildren.” Published in 1924, 200 years after Kant’s birth, the book sparked interest in some quarters, attracting the attention of the first Newbery Award winner, Hendrik Willem van Loon, who corresponded with Friedlaender in 1933 requesting an (...) English translation. That didn’t happen. This is the first English translation of the book. During the National Socialist period, Kant for Children troubled the Nazis. They banned Friedlaender’s work. Rebecca Hanf, friend of Ernst Marcus, the philosopher who claimed to have resurrected Kant, recognized that Friedlaender’s Kant for Children could counter the Nazi appropriation of Kant and realign Kant with egalitarianism and anti-fascist politics, meaning the book has contemporary relevance in light of an international resurgence of fascism. A lifelong student of Kant’s works, Friedlaender deserves a wider audience among Kant scholars and students. This first English translation includes an introduction to Friedlaender as well as essays by Paul Mendes-Flohr, Sarah Holtman, Robert Louden, Kate Moran, Krista Thomason, and Jens Timmermann. For translating and editing Kant for Children, Bruce Krajewski received The 2023 Silvers Grant for Work in Progress from the Robert B. Silvers Foundation. The Robert B. Silvers Foundation is a charitable trust established by a bequest of the late Robert B. Silvers, a founding editor of the New York Review of Books, with the aim of supporting writers in the fields of long-form literary and arts criticism, the intellectual essay, political analysis, and social reportage. (shrink)

Erstmals veröffentlicht werden hier die späten Abhandlungen aus dem Pariser Exil. Sie dokumentieren, wie Friedlaender/Mynona seinen Grundgedanken in einer stetig weiter formalisierten, doch immer poetischen Sprache ausarbeitet. Er will aufrütteln aus Resignation, Selbstvergessen und Selbstverdinglichung; er zeigt, wie die selbstverschuldete Hetero- in Autonomie umgewandelt werden kann. Im letzten Essay, Ideenmagie (1945/46), nimmt er noch Stellung zur Atombombe. Mit der Formel ICH-Heliozentrum ersetzt er seit 1939 jenes Schlüsselwort, das mit seinem Namen verbunden bleibt: Schöpferische Indifferenz. Gemeint ist der homo noumenon (...) im Sinne Kants: der Vernunftmensch, die allen Menschen gemeinsame, einheitliche Form eines rein intelligiblen Ich. In der Einleitung weist der Herausgeber auf weitere Parallelen zu diesem Konzept hin, vor allem bei Eriugena, Averroes, Spinoza. (shrink)

Der Band enthält die drei Lehrbücher Kant für Künstler (zur Kritik der Urteilskraft), Gut und Böse (zur Religionsschrift) und Fragelehrbuch nach Kants kleineren kritischen Schriften; dazu Materialien zu einem vierten Lehrbuch (zur Politischen Theorie). Vorgelegt wird auch der umfangreiche Entwurf zum Pädagogischen Roman, in dem Friedlaender/Mynona die philosophische Erziehung eines Jungen schildert und die Idee der Philosophischen Praxis um 40 Jahre vorwegnimmt. Diese im Pariser Exil entstandenen Texte dokumentieren ein unbeirrbares Vertrauen auf die praktische Wirkung kritischer Vernunft. Mit Einleitung, (...) Stellenkommentar und Illustrationen. (shrink)

The broad arc of islands north of Australia that extends from Indonesia east towards the central Pacific is home to a set of human populations whose concentration of diversity is unequaled elsewhere. Approximately 20% of the worlds languages are spoken here, and the biological and genetic heterogeneity among the groups is extraordinary. Anthropologist W.W. Howells once declared diversity in the region so Protean as to defy analysis. However, this book can now claim considerable success in describing and understanding the origins (...) of the genetic and linguistic variation there. In order to cut through this biological knot, the authors have applied a comprehensive battery of genetic analyses to an intensively sampled set of populations, and have subjected these and complementary linguistic data to a variety of phylogenetic analyses. This has revealed a number of heretofore unknown ancient Pleistocene genetic variants that are only found in these island populations, and has also identified the genetic footprints of more recent migrants from Southeast Asia who were the ancestors of the Polynesians. The book lays out the very complex structure of the variation within and among the islands in this relatively small region, and a number of explanatory models are tested to see which best account for the observed pattern of genetic variation here. The results suggest that a number of commonly used models of evolutionary divergence are overly simple in their assumptions, and that often human diversity has accumulated in very complex ways. (shrink)

Der Band versammelt erstmals alle autobiographischen Texte Friedlaender/Mynonas, darunter zwei Grotesken, bisher unveröffentlichte Entwürfe und die Akten einer kuriosen Promotion. Das Selbstbild ergänzen zahlreiche Anekdoten (220 Seiten), in denen seine Persönlichkeit durch den Blick von Zeitgenossen fassbar wird. Die Signaturen (mitunterzeichnete Aufrufe und Erklärungen) zeigen seine politischen Überzeugungen und sein soziales Engagement, besonders seit den 1920er Jahren. Hinzu kommen Dokumente und Materialien: das fragmentarische Adressbuch, das Merkbüchlein für ausgeliehene Bücher und Manuskripte (1933-42), die von ihm gewidmeten Bücher mit teils (...) schwungvollen Anreden, seine rekonstruierte Bibliothek sowie ein bislang unbekanntes Gedicht des Vaters aus dem Jahr 1888, das zusammen mit dem Stammbaum ein Licht auf die Vorfahren wirft. Der Band enthält weiter eine Einleitung des Herausgebers, Kommentare zu den Haupttexten und viele Illustrationen. (shrink)

This book attempts to advance Donald Griffin's vision of the "final, crowning chapter of the Darwinian revolution" by developing a philosophy for the science of animal consciousness. It advocates a Darwinian bottom-up approach that treats consciousness as a complex, evolved, and multidimensional phenomenon in nature rather than a mysterious all-or-nothing property immune to the tools of science and restricted to a single species. -/- The so-called emergence of a science of consciousness in the 1990s has at best been a science (...) of human consciousness. This book aims to advance a true Darwinian science of consciousness in which its evolutionary origin, function, and phylogenetic diversity are moved from the field’s periphery to its very centre, thus enabling us to integrate consciousness into an evolutionary view of life. Accordingly, this book has two objectives: (i) to argue for the need and possibility of an evolutionary bottom-up approach that addresses the problem of consciousness in terms of the evolutionary origins of a new ecological lifestyle that made consciousness worth having and (ii) to articulate a thesis and beginnings of a theory of the place of consciousness as a complex evolved phenomenon in nature that can help us to answer the question of what it is like to be a bat, an octopus, or a crow. -/- A Philosophy for the Science of Animal Consciousness will appeal to researchers and advanced students interested in advancing our understanding of animal minds as well as anyone with a keen interest in how we can develop a science of animal consciousness. (shrink)

Animal welfare has a long history of disregard. While in recent decades the study of animal welfare has become a scientific discipline of its own, the difficulty of measuring animal welfare can still be vastly underestimated. There are three primary theories, or perspectives, on animal welfare - biological functioning, natural living and affective state. These come with their own diverse methods of measurement, each providing a limited perspective on an aspect of welfare. This paper describes a perspectival pluralist account of (...) animal welfare, in which all three theoretical perspectives and their multiple measures are necessary to understand this complex phenomenon and provide a full picture of animal welfare. This in turn will offer us a better understanding of perspectivism and pluralism itself. (shrink)

A most sensible exposition of Nietzsche's philosophy.

In it he came fully to terms with the inadequacy of traditional democratic theory." This volume is part of a continuing series on the major works of Walter Lippmann.

Microaggressions are a new moral category that refers to the subtle yet harmful forms of discriminatory behavior experienced by members of oppressed groups. Such behavior often results from implicit bias, leaving individual perpetrators unaware of the harm they have caused. Moreover, microaggressions are often dismissed on the grounds that they do not constitute a real or morally significant harm. My goal is therefore to explain why microaggressions are morally significant and argue that we are responsible for their harms. I offer (...) a conceptual framework for microaggressions, exploring the central mechanisms used for identification and the empirical research concerning their harm. The cumulative harm of microaggressions presents a unique case for understanding disaggregation models for contributed harms, blame allocation, and individual responsibility within structural oppression. Our standard moral model for addressing cumulative harm is to hold all individual contributors blameworthy for their particular contributions. However, if we aim to hold people responsible for their unconscious microaggressions and address cumulative harm holistically, this model is inadequate. Drawing on Iris Marion Young's social connection model, I argue that we, as individual perpetrators of microaggressions, have a responsibility to respond to the cumulative harm to which we have individually contributed. (shrink)

Arguing for controversial readings of many of the canonical figures, the book also focuses on lesser-known writers such as Pierre-Sylvain Regis, Nicolas ...

In this essay the visual arts of the machine age morph into literature and theory and then back again to images, gestures, and thought.

Introduction: the advance of governmentality -- Foucault, power, and governmentality: introduction; what is governmentality?; beyond the microphysics of power?; from theory of the state to genealogy of the state; history of the art of government; pastoral power; raison d'état; liberal governmentality; five propositions on foucault and governmentality -- Governmentality 3.4.7.: introduction; governmentality after Foucault; governmentality and the political sciences; some problems in governmentality -- Foucault effect redux? some notes on international governmentality studies: constellation; a few preliminary observations; problems and debates (...) in international governmentality studies -- Reconnecting governmentality and genealogy: introduction; genealogy and governmentality; pluralizing genealogy; practicing genealogy; lines of descent: the family tree of power?; counter-memory and re-serialization; the retrieval of forgotten struggles and subjugated knowledges -- Conclusion: encountering governmentality: governmentality as a new cartography of power; from mapping to encountering; governmentality and politics. (shrink)

This is the fullest existing collection of the texts, for the moment only in Italian translation, with an introduction, notes, general presentation of the texts, various indexes (part of this material is to be found in an attached CD).

An alarming number of philosophers and cognitive scientists have argued that mind extends beyond the brain and body. This book evaluates these arguments and suggests that, typically, it does not. A timely and relevant study that exposes the need to develop a more sophisticated theory of cognition, while pointing to a bold new direction in exploring the nature of cognition Articulates and defends the “mark of the cognitive”, a common sense theory used to distinguish between cognitive and non-cognitive processes Challenges (...) the current popularity of extended cognition theory through critical analysis and by pointing out fallacies and shortcoming in the literature Stimulates discussions that will advance debate about the nature of cognition in the cognitive sciences. (shrink)

In his theory of time Aristotle does not often mention the present time and nowhere gives a detailed account of it. Nonetheless, present time plays an important role in his conception. I primarily argue for the following claims: (1) According to Aristotle there is a perception of motion and there is a perception of time. These combined perceptions can neither occur in the past nor in the future nor in an indivisible now. Thus, there must be a present time. (2) (...) Aristotle acknowledges the passage of time. This passage of time can only be understood as a passing present. And since an indivisible now cannot pass, the passage of time delivers a further argument for the basic assumption of a present time. – For the most part I simply follow Aristotle’s argument in Physics IV 10 and 11. In doing so, I distinguish present time and now in the introductory puzzles, investigate the passing present in the co-perception of change and time, discuss the relation between change and the passage of time as well as the relation between the passing present and the different nows. (shrink)

Diese Hardcover-Ausgabe ist Teil der TREDITION CLASSICS. Der Verlag tredition aus Hamburg veroffentlicht in der Buchreihe TREDITION CLASSICS Werke aus mehr als zwei Jahrtausenden. Diese waren zu einem Grossteil vergriffen oder nur noch antiquarisch erhaltlich. Mit TREDITION CLASSICS verfolgt tredition das Ziel, tausende Klassiker der Weltliteratur verschiedener Sprachen wieder als gedruckte Bucher zu verlegen - und das weltweit! Die Buchreihe dient zur Bewahrung der Literatur und Forderung der Kultur. Sie tragt so dazu bei, dass viele tausend Werke nicht in Vergessenheit (...) geraten. (shrink)

This article links to the Special Issue on Collective Agents and Global Structural Injustice.

The last several years have seen vibrant debates among policymakers and scholars on whether to craft new human rights (or novel interpretations of existing ones) around neurotechnologies. These con...

A pioneering study that illuminates the connection of music, poetry, mystical praxis and social history underlying the ceremony of the Mevlevi Dervishes. Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi, whose life and mystical poetry provided the inspiration for the Mevlevi Sufi order, is one of the world's best-known poets, yet the centuries-long musical tradition cultivated by the Mevleviye remains much less known. In this deeply researched book, renowned scholar Walter Feldman traces the historical development of Mevlevi music and brings to light the remarkable (...) musical and mystical aesthetics of the Mevlevi ayin - the instrumental and vocal accompaniment to the sublime ceremony of the 'Whirling' Dervishes. (shrink)

Present biomedical progress is fascinating and without doubt promotes welfare and reduces suffering in many ways. Nevertheless it has to be asked how far the modern individual is more a captive of its practical imperatives than an enlightened, conscious and responsible consumer of its offerings: How free are we in the view of the present biomedical progress? Facing this problem this volume presents some specific fields of application and, then, considerations of medical experts, sociologists, philosophers and theologians on human freedom (...) and its empowerment in front of these challenges. The volume is addressed to scientists and professionals in ethics and theology as well in the field of biomedicine. (shrink)