"Aimed at both specialists and beginners who need an overview and introduction to a specific topic." - Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews "A highly readable, historically detailed and philosophically enlightening journey through the fascinating world of nineteenth-century continental thought. Students and practitioners alike will benefit greatly from studying this impressive volume." - Robert Sinnerbrink, Macquarie University, Australia Beginning with Kant and the earliest responses to his critical philosophy and ending with the latest developments in continental thinking across a range of disciplines, The History of Continental Philosophy presents the first coherent and comprehensive history of the continental tradition of philosophy. The essays, all newly commissioned, cover not only all the major philosophers and schools but also relevant thinkers and movements outside philosophy. Together, these volumes offer a unique resource for understanding the complex and interconnected history of continental philosophy. Volume 2 investigates the second half of the 19th Century, which saw a revolution in both European politics and philosophy. Philosophical fervour reflected political fervour.

Five great critics dominated the European intellectual scene: Ludwig Feuerbach, Karl Marx, Soren Kierkegaard, Fyodor Dostoevsky, and Friedrich Nietzsche. Nineteenth-Century Philosophy assesses the response of each of these leading figures to Hegelian philosophy - the dominant paradigm of the time - to the shifting political landscape of Europe and the United States, and also to the emerging critique of modernity itself. Both individually and collectively, these thinkers succeeded in revolutionizing theology, philosophy, psychology, and politics. The period also saw the emergence of new schools of thought and new disciplinary thinking. The volume covers the birth of sociology and the social sciences, the development of French spiritualism, the beginning of American pragmatism, the rise of science and mathematics, and the maturation of hermeneutics and phenomenology.