Hermann Cohen: An Intellectual Biography

ISBN-13: 9780198828167 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 400 str.

Frederick C. Beiser

Opis

Beiser's intellectual biography comprehensively and accessibly maps out Herman Cohen's intellectual development over seven decades. Maintaining that most interpretations have failed to appreciate the philosophical depth and sophistication of Cohen's Judaism, Beiser argues that his religion was in fact consistent with his radical rationalism.

Recenzje

Although Beiser generally refrains from discussing the extensive secondary literature on Cohen, this intellectual biography is a momentous contribution to scholarship that can serve as a springboard for studies of Cohen's writings by scholars of both philosophy and religious studies. It provides a nuanced and clear account of Cohen's thought. Brian Hillman, Religious Studies Review

O autorze

Frederick C. Beiser was born and raised in the USA. He studied in the UK at Oriel College and Wolfson College, Oxford and then in Germany for many years, receiving stipends from the Fritz Thyssen Stiftung and the Humboldt Stiftung during that time. He has taught in many universities in the USA including Yale, Harvard, Penn, Wisconson, Colorado, and Indiana. Beiser is currently professor of philosophy at Syracuse University, New York. In 2015 the Bundespräsident Joachim Gauck awarded him the Bundesverdienstkreuz for his work on German philosophy.