Broken Hegemonies
Reiner Schurmann
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Description for Broken Hegemonies
Paperback. Reinterprets the history of Western philosophy from Greece to modern times. Translator(s): Lilly, Reginald. Series: Studies in Continental Thought. Num Pages: 712 pages, 1 b&w photos, 1 index. BIC Classification: HBT; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1008.
... a book of striking originality and depth, a brilliant and quite new interpretation of the nature and history of philosophy. -John Sallis In Broken Hegemonies, the late distinguished philosopher Reiner Schurmann offers a radical rethinking of the history of Western philosophy from the Greeks through Heidegger. Schurmann interprets the history of Western thought and action as a series of eras governed by the rise and fall of certain dominating philosophical ideas that contained the seeds of their own destruction. These eras coincided with their dominant languages: Greek, Latin, and vernacular tongues. Analyzing philosophical texts from ... Read more
... a book of striking originality and depth, a brilliant and quite new interpretation of the nature and history of philosophy. -John Sallis In Broken Hegemonies, the late distinguished philosopher Reiner Schurmann offers a radical rethinking of the history of Western philosophy from the Greeks through Heidegger. Schurmann interprets the history of Western thought and action as a series of eras governed by the rise and fall of certain dominating philosophical ideas that contained the seeds of their own destruction. These eras coincided with their dominant languages: Greek, Latin, and vernacular tongues. Analyzing philosophical texts from ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Series
Studies in Continental Thought
Condition
New
Weight
1008g
Number of Pages
712
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253215475
SKU
V9780253215475
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About Reiner Schurmann
Reiner Schurmann (1941-1993) was Professor of Philosophy at the New School for Social Research. His books include Meister Eckhardt: Mystic and Philosopher and Heidegger on Being and Acting: From Principles to Anarchy (both Indiana University Press). Reginald Lilly, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Skidmore College, is translator of The Principle of Reason by Martin Heidegger and editor ... Read more
Reviews for Broken Hegemonies
... a book of striking originality and depth, a brilliant and quite new interpretation of the nature and history of philosophy. -John Sallis