Images of History: Kant, Benjamin, Freedom, and the Human Subject

by Richard Eldridge

Book Overview

Developing work in the theories of action and explanation, Eldridge argues that moral and political philosophers require accounts of what is historically possible, while historians require rough philosophical understandings of ideals that merit reasonable endorsement.

Both Immanuel Kant and Walter Benjamin recognize this fact. Each sees a special place for religious consciousness and critical practice in the articulation and revision of ideals...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190847360
• ISBN13: 9780190847364
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.2"