Hans Joas is the Ernst Troeltsch Professor for the Sociology of Religion at the Humboldt University of Berlin. Matthias Bormuth is Professor for Comparative Intellectual History at the University of Oldenburg and is also the Director of the Karl Jaspers Haus.Matthias Bormuth is Professor for Comparative Intellectual History at the University of Oldenburg and is also the Director of the Karl Jaspers Haus.

"It brings together the many and varied aspects of Jaspers’ scholarship. [...] It also brought into focus the context from which Jaspers’ psychopathology emerged. It will be of interest to phenomenologists, psychopathologists and philosophers." - The British Journal of Psychiatry

• Acknowledgments; List of Contributors; Introduction Karl Jaspers—A “Social Scientist’s Philosopher” - Hans Joas; Chapter 1 Karl Jaspers- Talcott Parsons; Chapter 2 Karl Jaspers and Max Weber- Austin Harrington; Chapter 3 The Limits of Historicism: Karl Jaspers, Wilhelm Dilthey and Georg Simmel- Christopher Thornhill; Chapter 4 Karl Jaspers as Psychiatrist- Thomas Fuchs; Chapter 5 Karl Jaspers and His Criticism of Psychoanalysis- Matthias Bormuth; Chapter 6 Hannah Arendt and Karl Jaspers- Dana Villa; Chapter 7 Another Cold War Liberalism? Coming to Terms with Karl Jaspers’s Political Thought- Carmen Lea Dege; Chapter 8 Revealed Religion and Philosophical Faith: A Critical Analysis of the Position of Karl Jaspers- Werner Schüßler; Chapter 9 Karl Jaspers and the Axial Age- Jan Assmann; Chapter 10 The Conflict of Beliefs: Karl Jaspers on the Clash of Cultures- Jürgen Habermas; Index

Hans Joas is the Ernst Troeltsch Professor for the Sociology of Religion at the Humboldt University of Berlin. Matthias Bormuth is Professor for Comparative Intellectual History at the University of Oldenburg and is also the Director of the Karl Jaspers Haus.Matthias Bormuth is Professor for Comparative Intellectual History at the University of Oldenburg and is also the Director of the Karl Jaspers Haus.

"It brings together the many and varied aspects of Jaspers’ scholarship. [...] It also brought into focus the context from which Jaspers’ psychopathology emerged. It will be of interest to phenomenologists, psychopathologists and philosophers." - The British Journal of Psychiatry

• Acknowledgments; List of Contributors; Introduction Karl Jaspers—A “Social Scientist’s Philosopher” - Hans Joas; Chapter 1 Karl Jaspers- Talcott Parsons; Chapter 2 Karl Jaspers and Max Weber- Austin Harrington; Chapter 3 The Limits of Historicism: Karl Jaspers, Wilhelm Dilthey and Georg Simmel- Christopher Thornhill; Chapter 4 Karl Jaspers as Psychiatrist- Thomas Fuchs; Chapter 5 Karl Jaspers and His Criticism of Psychoanalysis- Matthias Bormuth; Chapter 6 Hannah Arendt and Karl Jaspers- Dana Villa; Chapter 7 Another Cold War Liberalism? Coming to Terms with Karl Jaspers’s Political Thought- Carmen Lea Dege; Chapter 8 Revealed Religion and Philosophical Faith: A Critical Analysis of the Position of Karl Jaspers- Werner Schüßler; Chapter 9 Karl Jaspers and the Axial Age- Jan Assmann; Chapter 10 The Conflict of Beliefs: Karl Jaspers on the Clash of Cultures- Jürgen Habermas; Index

Hans Joas is the Ernst Troeltsch Professor for the Sociology of Religion at the Humboldt University of Berlin. Matthias Bormuth is Professor for Comparative Intellectual History at the University of Oldenburg and is also the Director of the Karl Jaspers Haus.Matthias Bormuth is Professor for Comparative Intellectual History at the University of Oldenburg and is also the Director of the Karl Jaspers Haus.

"It brings together the many and varied aspects of Jaspers’ scholarship. [...] It also brought into focus the context from which Jaspers’ psychopathology emerged. It will be of interest to phenomenologists, psychopathologists and philosophers." - The British Journal of Psychiatry

• Acknowledgments; List of Contributors; Introduction Karl Jaspers—A “Social Scientist’s Philosopher” - Hans Joas; Chapter 1 Karl Jaspers- Talcott Parsons; Chapter 2 Karl Jaspers and Max Weber- Austin Harrington; Chapter 3 The Limits of Historicism: Karl Jaspers, Wilhelm Dilthey and Georg Simmel- Christopher Thornhill; Chapter 4 Karl Jaspers as Psychiatrist- Thomas Fuchs; Chapter 5 Karl Jaspers and His Criticism of Psychoanalysis- Matthias Bormuth; Chapter 6 Hannah Arendt and Karl Jaspers- Dana Villa; Chapter 7 Another Cold War Liberalism? Coming to Terms with Karl Jaspers’s Political Thought- Carmen Lea Dege; Chapter 8 Revealed Religion and Philosophical Faith: A Critical Analysis of the Position of Karl Jaspers- Werner Schüßler; Chapter 9 Karl Jaspers and the Axial Age- Jan Assmann; Chapter 10 The Conflict of Beliefs: Karl Jaspers on the Clash of Cultures- Jürgen Habermas; Index