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Fichte : addresses to the German nation

By: Fichte, Johann Gottlieb.
Contributor(s): Moore, Gregory [ed.].
Series: Cambridge texts in the history of political thought.Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008Description: xlv, 202 p. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 9780521448734.Subject(s): Education | German territories | Nepoleon's French Empire | New lifeDDC classification: 320.540943 Summary: In the winter of 1807, while Berlin was occupied by French troops, the philosopher Johann Gottlieb Fichte presented fourteen public lectures that have long been studied as a major statement of modern nationalism. Yet Fichte's Addresses to the German Nation have also been interpreted by many as a vision of a cosmopolitan alternative to nationalism. This new edition of the Addresses is designed to make Fichte's arguments more accessible to English-speaking readers. The clear, readable, and reliable translation is accompanied by a chronology of the events surrounding Fichte's life.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

In the winter of 1807, while Berlin was occupied by French troops, the philosopher Johann Gottlieb Fichte presented fourteen public lectures that have long been studied as a major statement of modern nationalism. Yet Fichte's Addresses to the German Nation have also been interpreted by many as a vision of a cosmopolitan alternative to nationalism. This new edition of the Addresses is designed to make Fichte's arguments more accessible to English-speaking readers. The clear, readable, and reliable translation is accompanied by a chronology of the events surrounding Fichte's life.

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