Lectures on Anthropology by Immanuel Kant, Robert B. Louden, ... - 9781107583504

Immanuel Kant

Lectures on AnthropologyAuthor(s): Immanuel Kant, Robert B. Louden, Allen W. Wood, Robert R. Clewis, G. Felicitas Munzel\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781107583504, 978-1107583504\nSynopsis\nKant was one of the inventors of anthropology, and his lectures on anthropology were the most popular and among the most frequently given of his lecture courses. This volume contains the first translation of selections from student transcriptions of the lectures between 1772 and 1789, prior to the published version, Anthropology from a Pragmatic Point of View [tel], which Kant edited himself at the end of his teaching career. The two most extensive texts, Anthropology Friedlnder [tel] and Anthropology Mrongovius [tel], are presented here in their entirety, along with selections from all the other lecture transcriptions published in the Academy edition, together with sizeable portions of the Menschenkunde [.