Kantian Journal

2011 Issue №3(37)

Moral politics against political moralism — political satire in E. T. A. Hoffmann's Christmas tale "Meister Floh". Article 1

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In the paper it is shown that E. T. A. Hoffmann has been valuing the post-Napoleon politics of Prussia in the Christmas tale "Meister Floh" from the Kantian position. The cardinal problem of the tale — shown in "Halle-gorisch und Jena-logisch" manner how Hoffmann himself had characterized his style — is the problem of constitution for Prussia.

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The problem of alien ego in A. S. Lappo-Danilevsky's methodology (Kantian motifs)

Abstract

This article addresses the problem of presuppositions in a methodological work of A. S. Lappo-Danilevsky (1863—1919) — a Russian historian and theorist of historical science. The author identifies the existential strategies applied by Lappo-Danilevsky in the practical interpretation of Kant’s philosophy and specifies the meaning of A. S. Lappo-Danilevsky's work for modern philosophy of historical science.

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