Back cover includes bibliographical references pages 403418 and index pt. John mccumber has 21 books on goodreads with 402 ratings. His earlier time in the ditch rightly downplays the explicit theoretical flaws and scientistic intentions of midcentury american philosophy to show how its basic outlook formed a convenient response to cold war politics but also survived to plague later philosophy. That mccarthyism damaged american philosophy is in itself no scandal, nor is it scandalous that. Acumen, 2011 winner, choice outstanding academic title award, 2012 time and philosophy fills a great vacuum in the literature on continental philosophy, providing students with an invaluable orientation into this complex tradition. American philosophy and the mccarthy era 2001 and, two forthcoming books, on. Time and philosophy a history of continental thought.
John mccumber time and philosophy presents a detailed survey of continental thought through an historical account of its key texts. I have a blog in which some of the ideas in the book are elaborated further. Looking at the development of continental philosophy in both europe and america, the philosophers discussed range from hegel, marx. This book presents a new view of the relation between metaphysics and the theory of meaning, broadly construed. The philosophy of hegel as a doctrine of the concreteness of god and humanity. His phd, also from toronto, is however in philosophy and greek. John mccumber was born and raised in champaign, illinois. The possibility that the political pressures of the mccarthy era might have skewed the development of the discipline has rarely been addressed in the subsequent half century. John mccumber distinguished professor and chair germanic languages ucla my latest book is. This book offers a thread ideas and theories and questions about time and temporality that serious readers can follow with confidence, and those who do will find the journey was well worth the effort. He joined the team last month and will be our first ever director of cybersecurity advocacy.
Detailing the immense political pressures that reshaped philosophy departments in midcentury america, he shows how the path of american philosophy was altered to follow a political agenda. Hegels critique of kant was a turning point in the history of philosophy. As john mccumber shows in this fascinating account, philosophy, too, was hit hard by the red scare. Language, freedom, reason, the latter published by the university of chicago press. John mccumber is professor of germanic languages at ucla. John mccumber general editor northwestern university press.
Mccumbers book is both insightful and readable a rare enough combination these days. Mccumbers project is an ambitious one, to provide a historical and intellectual account of continental philosophy, and give notes on its development through time. Time and philosophy by john mccumber, 9780773539433, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. John mccumber looking at the development of continental philosophy in both europe and america, mccumber discusses philosophers ranging from hegel, marx, kierkegaard, nietzsche, husserl, heidegger, arendt, adorno. Understanding hegels mature critique of kant ebook. The philosophy scare enlarges mccumbers earlier treatment of an important but neglected story. He has taught in philosophy departments there and at the university of michigandearborn, the graduate faculty of the new school for social research, northwestern university, ucla, and john carroll university. Read on philosophy notes from a crisis by john mccumber available from rakuten kobo. John mccumber since kant, the past two centuries of continental philosophy have produced an extraordinary range of ways of thinking about the world and the self. Mccumber taught at northwestern university, the graduate faculty of the new school for social research, and the university of michigan. In this book, john mccumber seeks to redefine the entire concept of american. In this provocative work, john mccumber asks us to understand hegels system as a new approach to linguistic communication.
The remainder of the book sets out to demonstrate that an attention to. Books by john mccumber author of time and philosophy. The failure of rational choice philosophy the new york times. Hegel, he argues, is concerned with building community and mutual comprehension rather than with completing metaphysics or developing historical critique. John mccumber is a distinguished professor and chair of the ucla department of germanic languages. In time in the ditch, john mccumber explores the effect of mccarthyism on american philosophy in the 1940s and 1950s. That mccarthyism damaged american philosophy is in itself no scandal, nor is it scandalous that the damage was not clearly perceived for some time after the fact. Try searching on jstor for other items related to this book. Looking at the development of continental philosophy in both eur. Understanding hegels mature critique of kant by john. John mccumber is distinguished professor of germanic languages at ucla. This ambitious book not only shows philosophys achievements and failures in a cold light, but suggests how philosophy might become more rigorous and relevant to society at large.
According to mccumbers radial interpretation, hegel constructs a complex ideal of. Deepening divisions separate todays philosophers, first, from the culture at large. Time and philosophy presents a detailed survey of continental thought through an historical account of its key texts. But, beyond this, time and philosophy aims to reveal the philosophical rigour which underpins and connects the history of continental thought. Since kant, the past two centuries of continental philosophy have produced an extraordinary range of ways of thinking about the world and the self. Mccumber brings together aspects of analytic and continental philosophy to give, for the first time, a fully temporalized account of reason. In time in the ditch, john mccumber explores the effect of mccarthyism on american. This acclaimed book by john mccumber is available at in several formats for your ereader. Hegel, language, and systematic philosophy john mccumber. He received his ba in philosophy from pomona college and his ma, also in philosophy, from the university of toronto. John mccumbers most popular book is the stone reader.
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Yet if this book is right, the full import of hegels critiqu. A history of continental thought by mccumber, professor john isbn. Understanding hegels mature critique of kant john mccumber. But this diversity of thought has worked to obscure a sense of common interests, of a coherent history.
But the possibility that the political pressures of the mccarthy era might have skewed the development of the discipline was barely addressed in the subsequent half century. Parrhesia number 15 2012 6480 time, philosophy, and chronopathologies jack reynolds this essay is an elaboration on some central themes and arguments from my recent book, chronopathologies. Buy time and philosophy by john mccumber from waterstones today. Time and philosophy by john mccumber overdrive rakuten. Systematic philosophy is thus a temporal process in which participants gain the words they can use to understand each other. Time and politics in deleuze, derrida, phenomenology and analytic philosophy rowman and littlefield 2012. Any of the subsections in the book could have been full fledged doctoral dissertations, given the content, and many certainly have been. American philosophy and the mccarthy era 2000 and reshaping reason. Browse john mccumbers philosophical publications and stay up to date with. American philosophy and the mccarthy era 2001 and, two forthcoming books, on philosophy. Christopher peacocke develops a general claim that metaphysics is always involved, either as explanatorily prior, or in a nopriority. The common theme taken up in each text is how philosophical thought should respond to time.