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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Caldwell, Peter C

Titel

Love, Death, and Revolution in Central Europe : Ludwig Feuerbach, Moses Hess, Louise Dittmar, Richard Wagner [electronic resource]

Auflage

1st ed. 2009

Ort / Verlag

New York : Palgrave Macmillan US

Erscheinungsjahr

2009

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Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction: Love, Death, and Ludwig Feuerbach's Philosophy of Revolution; 1 Feuerbachian Radicalism: The Finitude of the World and Infinite Human Potential; 2 Moses Hess, Love, and "True Socialism"; 3 Louise Dittmar, Myth, and Marriage; 4 Richard Wagner, Love, and Death; 5 Ethics and Finitude in the Late Feuerbach; Conclusion: The Feuerbachian Moment; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• The philosopher of religion and critic of idealism, Ludwig Feuerbach had a far-reaching impact on German radicalism around the time of the Revolution of 1848. This intellectual history explores how Feuerbach s critique of religion served as a rallying point for radicals, and how they paradoxically sought to create a new, post-religious form of religiosity as part of the revolutionary aim. At issue for the Feuerbachian radicals was the emergence of a humanity emancipated from the constraints of mere institutions, able to express itself freely and harmoniously. Caldwell also touches on Moses Hess, Louise Dittmar, and Richard Wagner in his discussion of the time. Thisbook reconstructs the nature of Feuerbach s radicalism and shows how it influenced early works of socialism, feminism, and musical modernism.
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