The Philosopher's Voice: Philosophy, Politics, and Language in the Nineteenth CenturyThis analysis of the relationship between philosophy and politics recognizes that political philosophers must continually struggle to distinguish their voices from others that clamor within political life. Author Andrew Fiala asks whether it is possible to maintain a distinction between philosophical speech and other political and poetic language. His answer is that philosophy s methodological self-consciousness is what distinguishes its voice from the voice of politics. By focusing on the different ways in which this methodological norm was enacted in the lives and work of Kant, Fichte, Hegel, and Marx, the author puts the problem in a larger context and considers the roles that these thinkers played in the political history of the nineteenth century. |
Contents
Introduction The Philosophers Voice | 1 |
Voice in Machiavelli Locke and Rousseau | 23 |
The Politics of Pure Reason | 47 |
Kants Political Philosophy Progress and Philosophical Intervention | 67 |
Fichte Philosophy Politics and the German Nation | 89 |
Fichtes Voice Language and Political Excess | 105 |
Hegel Philosophy and the Spirit of Politics | 125 |
Hegels Voice Language Education and Philosophy | 153 |
Marx Politics Ideology and Critique | 177 |
Marxs Voice Political Action and Political Language | 207 |
Philosophy Politics and Voice The Enduring Struggle | 231 |
Notes | 249 |
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