Matters of Spirit: J. G. Fichte and the Technological Imagination

by F. Scott Scribner

Book Overview

This book offers a radically new interpretation of the entire philosophy of J. G. Fichte by showing the impact of nineteenth-century psychological techniques and technologies on the formation of his theory of the imagination-the very centerpiece of his philosophical system. By situating Fichte's philosophy within the context of nineteenth-century German science and culture, the book establishes a new genealogy, one that shows the extent to which German...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271034750
• ISBN13: 9780271034751
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"