Ulrich Ricken

Linguistics, Anthropology and Philosophy in the French Enlightenment

A contribution to the history of the relationship between language theory and ideology

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Produktbeschreibung

Linguistics, Anthropology and Philosophy in the French Enlightenment treats the development of linguistic thought from Descartes to Degerando as both a part of and a determining factor in the emergence of modern consciousness. Through his careful analyses of works by the most influential thinkers of the time, Ulrich Ricken demonstrates that the central significance of language in the philosophy of the enlightenment, reflected and acted upon contemporary understandings of humanity as a whole. The author discusses contemporary developments in England, Germany and Italy and covers an unusually broad range of writers and ideas including Leibniz, Wolff, Herder and Humboldt. This study places history of language philosophy within the broader context of the history of ideas, aesthetics and historical anthropology and will be of interest to scholars working in these disciplines.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Dezember 1993
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 619g
• ISBN-13: 9780415076791
• ISBN-10: 041507679X
• Artikelnr.: 26684604

Autorenporträt

Ulrich Ricken founded and directed and is now Emeritus Professor of the International Centre for Research on the European Enlightenment at the University of Halle, Germany. He is the author of numerous books and articles on the history of ideas, the history of language, and the history of linguistic theories in their philosophical context.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 The Overture to the Enlightenment Debate: Language in the Interstices of the Intellectual and Physical Nature of Humanity
Chapter 1 Interpretations of Language As an Argument for and Against Dualism
Chapter 2 Language and the Affects in the Port-Royal Logic
Chapter 3 Cordemoy and Dualism
Chapter 4 The Cartesian Argument
Chapter 5 Language and Sense Perception in the Controversy Between Arnauld and Malebranche
Chapter 6 Language and the Epistemological Evaluation of the Senses From Descartes to Locke and Du Bos
Part 2 Language, Anthropology and History in the Enlightenment
Chapter 7 A Century of Controversy
Chapter 8 From Locke to Condillac
Chapter 9 Grammar, Philosophy, Anthropology
Chapter 10 The Origin of Language and the Historical View of Humanity
Chapter 11 Language and Evolutionary Thinking
Chapter 12 The "abuse of Words"
Chapter 13 Language and Knowledge
Chapter 14 The French Enlightenment and Its Aftermath
Chapter 15 Concluding Remarks