HERDER JOHANN-GOTTFRIED

ΠΡΑΓΜΑΤΕΙΑ ΠΕΡΙ ΤΗΣ ΚΑΤΑΓΩΓΗΣ ΤΗΣ ΓΛΩΣΣΑΣ
Στην πραγματεία αυτή ο γερμανός φιλόσοφος Γιόχαν Γκόντφρηντ Χέρντερ (1744-1803) πραγματεύεται την καταγωγή της γλώσσας και υποστηρίζει τη θέση ότι η γλώσσα είναι ανθρώπινη δημιουργία, απορρίπτοντας ταυτόχρονα τη θεϊκή και ζωική καταγωγή της. Επιπλέον εδώ ο Χέρντερ, ξεφεύγοντας από τα στενά όρια μιας συγκριτικής γλωσσολογίας, προσφέρει κάποιες βασικές ιδέες της φιλοσοφικής ανθρωπολογίας του, τις οποίες αυτός θα αναπτύξει αργότερα στα μεγάλα του φιλοσοφικά έργα. Όπως έγραψε ο Isaiah Berlin: «Η ανθρωπολογία, και όχι η μεταφυσική ή η λογική, α...
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(P/B) SONG LOVES THE MASSES
Distinguished ethnomusicologist Philip V. Bohlman compiles Johann Gottfried Herder's writings on music and nationalism, from his early volumes of Volkslieder through sacred song to the essays on aesthetics late in his life, shaping them as the book on music that Herder would have written had he gathered the many strands of his musical thought into a single publication. Framed by analytical chapters and extensive introductions to each translation, this book interprets Herder's musings on music to think through several major questions: What ...
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(P/B) HERDER - PHILOSOPHICAL WRITINGS

(H/B) SELECTED WRITINGS ON AESTHETICS
A seminal figure in the philosophy of history, culture, and language, Johann Gottfried Herder (1744-1803) also produced some of the most important and original works in the history of aesthetic theory. A student of Kant, he spent much of his life striving to reconcile the opposing poles of Enlightenment thought represented by his early mentors. His ideas influenced Hegel, Schleiermacher, Nietzsche, Dilthey, J. S. Mill, and Goethe. This book presents most of Herder's important writings on aesthetics, including the main sections of one of hi...
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