Another Philosophy of History and Selected Political Writings... - 9780872207165

Another Philosophy of History and Selected Political WritingsAuthor(s): Johann Gottfried Herder, Ioannis D. Evrigenis, Daniel Pellerin\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Hackett Publishing Co, Inc, United States\nImprint: Hackett Publishing Co, Inc\nISBN-13: 9780872207165, 978-0872207165\nSynopsis\nHistorians of ideas, and students of nationalism in particular, have traced the origins of much of our current vocabulary and ways of thinking about the nation back to Johann Gottfried Herder. This volume provides a clear, readable, and reliable translation of Auch eine Philosophie der Geschichte zur Bildung der Menschheit, supplemented by some of Herder's other important writings on politics and history. The editors' insightful Introduction traces the role of Herder's thought in the evolution of nationalism and highlights its influence on fields such as history, anthropology, and politics. The volume is designed to give English-speaking readers more ready access to the thinker whom Isaiah Berl.