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Palgrave Handbooks in German Idealism Series Editor Matthew C. Altman, Philosophy and Religious Studies, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA, USA Palgrave Handbooks in German Idealism is a series of comprehensive and authoritative edited volumes on the major German Idealist philosophers and their critics. Underpinning the series is the successful Palgrave Handbook of German Idealism (2014), edited by Matthew C. Altman, which provides an overview of the period, its greatest philosophers, and its historical and philosophical importance. Individual volumes focus on specific philosophers and major themes, offering a more detailed treatment of the many facets of their work in metaphysics, epistemology, logic, ethics, aesthetics, political philosophy, and several other areas. Each volume is edited by one or more internationally recognized experts in the subject, and contributors include both established figures and younger scholars with innovative readings. The series offers a wide-ranging and authoritative insight into German Idealism, appropriate for both students and specialists. More information about this series at http://www.palgrave.com/gp/series/14696 Cynthia D. Coe Editor The Palgrave Handbook of German Idealism and Phenomenology Editor Cynthia D. Coe Philosophy and Religious Studies Central Washington University Ellensburg, WA, USA ISSN 2634-6230 ISSN 2634-6249 (electronic) Palgrave Handbooks in German Idealism ISBN 978-3-030-66856-3 ISBN 978-3-030-66857-0 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66857-0 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021 This work is subject to copyright. 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Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover image: © Stefano Asperti/EyeEm, Getty Images, Image ID: 1171109091 This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland Series Editor’s Preface The era of German Idealism stands alongside ancient Greece and the French Enlightenment as one of the most fruitful and influential periods in the history of philosophy. Beginning with the publication of Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason in 1781 and ending about ten years after Hegel’s death in 1831, the period of “classical German philosophy” transformed whole fields of philosophical endeavor. The intellectual energy of this movement is still very much alive in contemporary philosophy; the philosophers of that period continue to inform our thinking and spark debates of interpretation. After a period of neglect as a result of the early analytic philosophers’ rejec- tion of idealism, interest in the field has grown exponentially in recent years. Indeed, the study of German Idealism has perhaps never been more active in the English-speaking world than it is today. Many books appear every year that offer historical/interpretive approaches to understanding the work of the German Idealists, and many others adopt and develop their insights and apply them to contemporary issues in epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, politics, and aesthetics, among other fields. In addition, a number of international journals are devoted to idealism as a whole and to specific idealist philoso- phers, and journals in both the history of philosophy and contemporary philosophies have regular contributions to the German Idealists. In numerous countries, there are regular conferences and study groups run by philosoph- ical associations that focus on this period and its key figures, especially Kant, Fichte, Schelling, Hegel, and Schopenhauer. v vi Series Editor’s Preface As part of this growing discussion, the volumes in the Palgrave Handbooks in German Idealism series are designed to provide overviews of the major figures and movements in German Idealism, with a breadth and depth of coverage that distinguishes them from other anthologies. Chapters have been specially commissioned for this series, and they are written by established and emerging scholars from throughout the world. Contributors not only provide overviews of their subject matter but also explore the cutting edge of the field by advancing original theses. Some authors develop or revise positions that they have taken in their other publications, and some take novel approaches that challenge existing paradigms. The Palgrave Handbooks in German Idealism thus give students a natural starting point from which to begin their study of German Idealism, and they serve as a resource for advanced scholars to engage in meaningful discussions about the movement’s philosophical and historical importance. In short, the Palgrave Handbooks in German Idealism have comprehensive- ness, accessibility, depth, and philosophical rigor as their overriding goals. These are challenging aims, to be sure, especially when held simultane- ously, but that is the task that the excellent scholars who are editing and contributing to these volumes have set for themselves. Matthew C. Altman Contents 1 Introduction 1 Cynthia D. Coe Part I Subjectivity 2 Husserl’s Idealism Revisited 15 Dermot Moran 3 Transcendental Philosophy, Psychology, and Anthropology: Kant and Husserl on the “Inner Man” and the Human Being 41 Claudia Serban 4 Fichte and Husserl: Rigorous Science and the Renewal of Humankind 63 Federico Ferraguto 5 Bodies, Authenticity, and Marcelian Problematicity 85 Jill Hernandez 6 Freedom in Sartre’s Phenomenology: The Kantian Limits of a Radical Project 107 Sorin Baiasu vii viii Contents Part II Intersubjectivity and the Other 7 Kant and the Scandal of Intersubjectivity: Alfred Schutz’s Anthropology of Transcendence 131 Jan Strassheim 8 Moving Beyond Hegel: The Paradox of Immanent Freedom in Simone de Beauvoir’s Philosophy 153 Shannon M. Mussett 9 Fanon and Hegel: The Dialectic, the Phenomenology of Race, and Decolonization 173 Azzedine Haddour Part III Ethics and Aesthetics 10 Guidance for Mortals: Heidegger on Norms 203 David Batho 11 Husserl’s Idealism in the Kaizo Articles and Its Relation to Contemporary Moral Perfectionism 233 Takashi Yoshikawa 12 The Blindness of Kantian Idealism Regarding Non-human Animals and Its Overcoming by Husserlian Phenomenology 257 María-Luz Pintos-Peñaranda 13 Morality and Animality: Kant, Levinas, and Ethics as Transcendence 279 Cynthia D. Coe 14 Aesthetic Disinterestedness and the Critique of Sentimentalism 301 Íngrid Vendrell Ferran Part IV Time, Memory, and History 15 Redeeming German Idealism: Schelling and Rosenzweig 325 Jason M. Wirth 16 Heidegger on Hegel on Time 343 Markus Gabriel Contents ix 17 Sedimentation, Memory, and Self in Hegel and Merleau-Ponty 361 Elisa Magrì 18 Max Scheler’s Idea of History: A Juxtaposition of Phenomenology and Idealism 385 Zachary Davis Part V Ontology and Epistemology 19 The Presence of Kant in Stein 407 Mette Lebech 20 Heidegger on Fichte’s Three Principles 429 M.JorgedeCarvalho 21 Hegel’s Phenomenological Method and the Later Movement of Phenomenology 457 Jon Stewart 22 On the Mutations of the Concept: Phenomenology, Conceptual Change, and the Persistence of Hegel in Merleau-Ponty’s Thought 481 Stephen H. Watson Part VI Hermeneutics 23 The Thread of Imagination in Heidegger’s Retrieval of Kant: The Play of a Double Hermeneutic 511 Frank Schalow 24 Gadamer, German Idealism, and the Hermeneutic Turn in Phenomenology 529 Theodore George 25 Too Many Hegels? Ricoeur’s Relation to German Idealism Reconsidered 547 Robert Piercey 26 Conclusion 567 Cynthia D. Coe Select Bibliography 577 Index 581 Notes on Contributors Sorin Baiasu is Professor of Philosophy at Keele University and Distin- guished Research Fellow at the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics. He has published extensively in his research areas, including Kant and Sartre: Re-discovering Critical Ethics. His work is supported by the British Academy, the European Commission, and the ERC. David Batho is a Postdoctoral Scholar at the Humanities and Social Change Center at Santa Barbara, University of California. He has previously taught at the University of Oxford and the University of Essex, where he received his Ph.D. M.JorgedeCarvalho is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the New University of Lisbon and Member of the IEF Research Unit (University of Coimbra). He has authored books and articles on Sophocles, Plato, Aristotle, the Stoics, Augustine, Sextus Empiricus, Swift,