Addresses to the German Nation

by Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Isaac Nakhimovsky (Translator), Bela Kapossy (Translator), Keith Tribe (Translator)

Overview

In the winter of 1807, while Berlin was occupied by French troops, the philosopher Johann Gottlieb Fichte presented fourteen public lectures that have long been studied as a major statement of modern nationalism. Yet Fichte's Addresses to the German Nation have also been interpreted by many as a vision of a cosmopolitan alternative to nationalism.

This new edition of the Addresses is designed to make Fichte's arguments more accessible to English-speaking readers. The clear, readable, and reliable translation is accompanied by a chronology of the events surrounding Fichte's life, suggestions for further reading, and an index. The groundbreaking introductory essay situates Fichte's theory of the nation state in the history of modern political thought. It provides historians, political theorists, and other students of nationalism with a fresh perspective for considering the interface between cosmopolitanism and republicanism, patriotism and nationalism.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781603849340
Publisher:	Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
Publication date:	03/15/2013
Series:	Hackett Classics Series
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Isaac Nakhimovsky is Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in the Faculty of History, University of Cambridge.

Bela Kapossy is Professor of Modern History, University of Lausanne.

Keith Tribe is an independent scholar.