Herder: Aesthetics Against Imperialism

by John K. Noyes

Among his generation of intellectuals, the eighteenth-century German philosopher Johann Gottfried Herder is recognized both for his innovative philosophy of language and history and for his passionate criticism of racism, colonialism, and imperialism. A student of Immanuel Kant, Herder challenged the idea that anyone - even the philosophers of the Enlightenment - could have a monopoly on truth.

In Herder: Aesthetics against Imperialism, John...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442650389
• ISBN13: 9781442650381
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.0"