Constituting Critique: Kants Writing as Critical Praxis (PostContemporary Interventions),Used
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Product Description Kants philosophy is often treated as a closed system, without reference to how it was written or how Kant arrived at its familiar form, the critique. In fact, the style of the critique seems so artless that readers think of it as an unfortunate byproducta style of stylelessness. In Constituting Critique, Willi Goetschel shows how this apparent gracelessness was deliberately achieved by Kant through a series of writing experiments. By providing an account of the process that culminated in his three Critiques, this book offers a new perspective on Kants philosophical thought and practice.Constituting Critique traces the stages in Kants development to reveal how he redefined philosophy as a critical task. Following the philosopher through the experiments of his early essays, Goetschel demonstrates how Kant tests, challenges, and transforms the philosophical essay in his pursuit of a new selfreflective literary genre. From these experiments, critique emerges as the philosophical form for the critical project of the Enlightenment. The imperatives of its transcendental style, Goetschel contends, not only constitute and inform the critical moment of Kants philosophical praxis, but also have an enduring place in postKantian philosophy and literature.By situating the Critiques within the context of Kants early essays, this work will redirect the attention of Kant scholars to the origins of their form. It will also encourage contemporary critical theorists to reconsider their own practice through an engagement with its source in Kant. Review "Providing a sense of the complex intellectual and historical context in which Kant functioned, Constituting Critique calls attention to the concern with language that pervades not just the three Critiques, but the earlier writings as well."Samuel Weber, University of California, Los Angeles"This is a study that anyone seriously interested in Kant will have to take into account. Goetschel’s writing is intellectually compelling. His interpretation enriches our understanding of Kant, bridging the gap between the literary and systematic aspects of Kant’s writing."—Claudia Brodsky Lacour, Princeton University From the Back Cover "This is a study that anyone seriously interested in Kant will have to take into account. Goetschel's writing is intellectually compelling. His interpretation enriches our understanding of Kant, bridging the gap between the literary and systematic aspects of Kant's writing."Claudia Brodsky Lacour, Princeton University About the Author Willi Goetschel is Assistant Professor of German at Columbia University.
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