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In an accessible narrative that explains complex ideas in clear
language, Vittorio Hosle traces the evolution of German philosophy and describes
its central influence on other aspects of German culture, including literature,
politics, and science, from the Middle Ages to today. A Short History of
German Philosophy addresses the philosophical changes brought about by
Luther’s Reformation, and then presents a detailed account of German philosophy
from Leibniz to Kant; the rise of a new form of humanities; and the German
Idealists. The following chapters investigate the collapse of the German
synthesis in Schopenhauer, Marx, and Nietzsche. Turning to the twentieth
century, the book explores the rise of analytical philosophy; the foundation of
the historical sciences; Husserl’s phenomenology and its radical alteration by
Heidegger; the Nazi philosophers Gehlen and Schmitt; and the main West German
philosophers after 1945. Arguing that there was a distinctive German
philosophical tradition from the mid-eighteenth century to the mid-twentieth
century, the book closes by examining why that tradition largely ended in the
recent past. A philosophical history remarkable for its scope, brevity, and
lucidity, this is an invaluable book for students of philosophy and anyone
interested in German intellectual and cultural history.
