Figuring the Self

David E. Klemm is Professor of Religion at the University of Iowa. He is the author of The Hermeneutical Theory of Paul Ricoeur: A Constructive Analysis; editor and commentator of Hermeneutical Inquiry, Volume 1: Interpretation of Texts; Volume 2: Interpretation of Existence; and coeditor of Meaning in Texts and Actions: Questioning Paul Ricoeur. Günter Zöller is Professor and Chair of Philosophy at the University of Iowa. He is the author of Theoretische Gegenstandsbeziehung bei Kant (Objective Reference in Kant) and Original Duplicity: Intellect and Will in Fichte's Transcendental Philosophy (1794-1800); coeditor of Minds, Ideas, and Objects: Essays in the Theory of Representation in Modern Philosophy; and editor of The Cambridge Companion to Fichte.

"This collection of speculative, critical, and expository essays succeeds in presenting a representative array of the various philosophical approaches to the self among German idealists. The survey makes clear the density and diversity of the reflection on the self during this period. In addition, some essays identify the significance of a particular approach for contemporary debates, while others elucidate how specific philosophers of a later generation take their bearings from the insights of German idealists." — Daniel O. Dahlstrom, Catholic University of America"The contributors are correct in their view that this takes up a subject that has been overlooked in studies of German Idealism, that is, there are discussions of the self in Hegel, but not traced out in the whole movement of German Idealism. The self is a topic in philosophy that needs more attention. These are original treatments on the subject and the book is itself insightful in bringing together essays on all of the major figures in this period of philosophy." — Donald Phillip Verene, Candler Professor of Metaphysics and Moral Philosophy, Emory University"The range of interests represented in this book make it exemplary. It is hard to imagine a philosopher who would not find something of interest here, because the contributors, while reflecting scholarly concerns, are not inhibited by them from addressing topics of contemporary relevance." — Robert Bernasconi, The University of Memphis

• Introduction David E. Klemm and Günter ZöllerPart 1  Self and Subject1. Subjectivity and Individuality: Survey of a Problem Manfred Frank2. Self as Matter and Form: Some Reflections on Kant's View of the Soul Richard E. Aquila3. Kant and the Self: A Retrospective Karl Ameriks4. An Eye for an I: Fichte's Transcendental Experiment Günter ZöllerPart 2  Self and the Absolute5. Self-Consciousness and Speculative Thinking Dieter Henrich6. Romantic Conceptions of the Self in Hölderlin and Novalis Jane E. Kneller7. Realizing Nature in the Self: Schelling on Art and Intellectual Intuition in the System of Transcendental Idealism Richard L. Velkley8. Schleiermacher on the Self: Immediate Self-Consciousness as Feeling and as Thinking David E. KlemmPart 3 Self and Others9. Absolute Subject and Absolute Subjectivity in Hegel Walter Jaeschke10. Appropriating Selfhood: Schleiermacher and Hegel on Subjectivity as Mediated Activity Jeffrey L. Hoover11. "The Root of Humanity": Hegel on Communication and Language John Durham Peters12. Heidegger and Wittgenstein on the Subject of Kantian Philosophy David G. SternContributors Subject Index Author Index