Karl Jaspers

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Karl Jaspers is written by Dr Chris Thornhill and published by Routledge. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1136454098 (ISBN 10) and 9781136454097 (ISBN 13).

This book sets out a new reading of the much-neglected philosophy of Karl Jaspers. By questioning the common perception of Jaspers either as a proponent of irrationalist cultural philosophy or as an early, peripheral disciple of Martin Heidegger, it re-establishes him as a central figure in modern European philosophy. Giving particular consideration to his position in epistemological, metaphysical and political debate, the author argues that Jaspers's work deserves renewed consideration in a number of important discussions, particularly in hermeneutics, anthropological reflections on religion, the critique of idealism, and debates on the end of metaphysics.