Herder and enlightenment politics / Eva Piirimäe

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Cover -- Half-title -- Series information -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Note on Translations -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Herder and Nationalism -- Goals and Main Arguments of the Book -- Debates during the Seven Years' War -- Natural Sociability and Cosmopolitan Humanity -- The Uses of History -- Self-Determination and Purified Patriotism -- Sketch of Herder's Life -- Chapter Outline -- 1 Republics, Monarchies and the Philosophy of Human Society -- 1.1 Between Rousseau and Abbt -- 1.1.1 Similarities with Rousseau -- 1.1.2 Divergence from Rousseau -- 1.1.3 Thomas Abbt's Modern Monarchical Patriotism -- 1.1.4 Abbt's Inspiration for Herder -- 1.2 Ancients and Moderns -- 1.2.1 Abbt's Review of Wegelin -- 1.2.2 Herder's Critique of the Swiss 'Grecianism' -- 1.3 Conclusion -- 2 Rousseau and the Origins of the 'Current Malaise of the World' -- 2.1 The Challenge of Rousseau's Conjectural History for Herder -- 2.2 Herder's Earliest Essays on the Origins of Poetry -- 2.3 Iselin's Response to Rousseau -- 2.4 Antoine-Yves Goguet on the Origins of Inventions -- 2.5 John Brown's Account of the Origins of Poetry, Music (and Laws) -- 2.6 Herder on Poetry, Mores and Laws in Fragments -- 2.7 Literary and Linguistic Patriotism in Fragments -- 2.8 Conclusion -- 3 Montesquieu's System and Reforms in Russia -- 3.1 Applying Montesquieu -- 3.1.1 Montesquieu and the Foundations of the Russian 'Monarchy' -- 3.1.2 A 'Metaphysics for a Dead Lawbook' -- 3.1.3 'Moral Instincts' and the 'General Economy of Nature' -- 3.1.4 Mores and Civil/Political Laws -- 3.2 Chances of Reform in Modern Europe, Russia and Riga -- 3.2.1 Economic and Cultural Situation in Modern Europe -- 3.2.2 Political and Educational Reforms in Russia -- 3.2.3 Commerce and Modern Mores in Livland -- 3.3 Conclusion.

4 The Bildung of Humanity and Modern Virtue -- 4.1 Language and Sociability -- 4.1.1 Herder's Theory of the Natural Mental and Moral Progression of Humanity -- 4.1.2 Human Sociability and National Groups -- 4.2 Herder's Critique of Enlightened Narratives -- 4.2.1 Modern Morality and Sociability -- 4.2.2 Modern Slavery and Self-Deception -- 4.3 Christianity in Human History -- 4.3.1 National Happiness and Self-Preservation -- 4.3.2 Civilisation and National Inclinations -- 4.3.3 Christianity and Love of Humanity -- 4.4 Modern Virtue -- 4.5 Conclusion -- 5 German Freedom and Modern Liberty -- 5.1 Herder and the Debate on the German National Spirit -- 5.1.1 The Debate on the German National Spirit -- 5.1.2 Herder on 'Pragmatic' German History -- 5.2 New Kind of 'German' History -- 5.2.1 Möser's History of Osnabrück -- 5.2.2 Herder's History of the Holy Roman Empire -- 5.3 The Historical Prospects of Modern Europe and Germany -- 5.4 Conclusion -- 6 The Vocation of Poets, Pastors and Philosophers -- 6.1 Ancient Folk Songs -- 6.1.1 Folk Songs from an Anthropological Point of View -- 6.1.2 German Folk Songs: Patriotic Point of View -- 6.2 Poetry, Mores and Politics -- 6.2.1 Poetry, Religion and Fatherland -- 6.3 Reviving Modern German Poetry -- 6.3.1 Modern Selfhood and Peoplehood -- 6.4 Conclusion -- 7 State-Machines, Commerce and the Progress of Humanität in Europe -- 7.1 Foundations -- 7.1.1 Herder's Naturalism and Concept of Humanität -- 7.2 Herder's Critique of Kant -- 7.2.1 Kant's Idea for a Universal History -- 7.2.2 Herder's Response to Kant -- 7.2.3 Sociability, Morality and the Modern State -- 7.2.4 The Origins and Progress of Political Government -- 7.2.5 The Problem of War -- 7.3 Herder's Alternative to Kant -- 7.3.1 Natural Laws of History -- 7.3.2 The Lessons of Ancient History.

7.3.3 The Historical Prospects for True Modern Liberty and Peace in Europe -- 7.4 Conclusion -- Chapter 8 Perpetual Peace and Purified Patriotism -- 8.1 Early Comments on the French Revolution -- 8.2 New Debates with Kant -- 8.2.1 Herder's Comments on Kant in 1792 -- 8.2.2 Radical Evil -- 8.2.3 War and Peace -- 8.2.4 The Native American Arrangement for Peace -- 8.2.5 The Spirit of History -- 8.2.6 Dispositions of Peace -- 8.3 Purified Patriotism -- 8.3.1 Ideal and Real Publics -- 8.3.2 Language, Politics and Philosophy -- 8.3.3 Christian and European Publics -- 8.3.4 Modern 'Moral Fatherland' -- 8.3.5 Self-Reflective and Self-Contained National Pride -- 8.3.6 The Prospects of Germany and Europe -- 8.4 Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Primary Sources: Johann Gottfried Herder -- Other Primary Texts -- Secondary Sources -- Index.

Offers a new interpretation of Johann Gottfried Herder's political thought, situating his ideas in pan-European Enlightenment debates.