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Herder and Enlightenment Politics

Eva Piirimäe

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English
Cambridge University Press
06 April 2023
Johann Gottfried Herder initiated the modern disciplines of philosophical anthropology and cultural history, including the study of popular culture. He is also remembered as a sharp critic of colonialism and imperialism. But what types of social, economic and political arrangements did Herder envision for modern European societies? Herder and Enlightenment Politics provides a radically new interpretation of Herder's political thought, situating his ideas in Enlightenment debates on modern patriotism, commerce and peace. By reconstructing Herder's engagement with Rousseau, Montesquieu, Abbt, Ferguson, Möser, Kant and many other contemporary authors, Eva Piirimäe shows that Herder was deeply interested in the potential for cultural, moral and political reform in Russia, Germany and Europe. Herder probed the foundations of modern liberty, community and peace, developing a distinctive understanding of human self-determination, natural sociability and modern patriotism as well as advocating a vision of Europe as a commercially and culturally interconnected community of peoples.

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Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 235mm,  Width: 156mm,  Spine: 25mm
Weight:   760g
ISBN:   9781009263863
ISBN 10:   1009263862
Series:   Ideas in Context
Pages:   411
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Eva Piirimäe is Associate Professor of Political Theory at the Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies, University of Tartu. She has published widely on Enlightenment moral philosophy and political thought. Her research has appeared in journals such as History of Political Thought, European History of Ideas, Eighteenth-Century Studies and Global Responsibility to Protect. Her recent publications include a co-edited History of European Ideas special issue “Sociability in Enlightenment Thought” (2015) and the co-edited volume Herder on Empathy and Sympathy (2020).

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