Discourses on the Meaning of History (American University Studies) - Hardcover

Kluback, William

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0820403873 ISBN 13: 9780820403878

Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers, 1988

Synopsis

Philosophical and Theological essays explore the meaning of history. The author believes that both Philosophy and Theology offer ways to understand the meaning of history. History is our most important intellectual and moral problem. From where we begin to comprehend the significance for man reveals our capacity to understand history.

About this title

About the Author:

William Kluback was Professor of Philosophy specializing in Hermann Cohen and neo-Kantians. In his passionate quest for a «dwelling for the spiritual,» he abandoned the philosophers, and toward the end of his life, turned to poets or poet-philosophers such as Paul Valery and Benjamin Fondane.

Review:

«Kluback disdains the fixed structure of rationalism that clearly demarcates topics and clarifies inference. To this extent the book embodies the virtues he advocates: an inconclusive discourse that explores the tensions of human history, allowing no point to be fixed into an idolatrous image, but incorporating many themes into a conversation that suggests human limitation, mystery and the possibility of transcendence.» (John W. Burbidge, Philosophy of Religion)

About this edition

• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0820403873
• ISBN 13: 9780820403878
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 254