The Modern Philosophical Revolution

The Modern Philosophical Revolution breaks new ground by demonstrating the continuity of European philosophy from Kant to Derrida. Much of the literature on European philosophy has emphasised the breaks that have occurred in the course of two centuries of thinking. But as David Walsh argues, such a reading overlooks the extent to which Kant, Hegel, and Schelling were already engaged in the turn toward existence as the only viable mode of philosophising. Where many similar studies summarise individual thinkers, this book provides a framework for understanding the relationships between them. Walsh thus dispels much of the confusion that assails readers when they are only exposed to the bewildering range of positions taken by the philosophers he examines. His book serves as an indispensable guide to a philosophical tradition that continues to have resonance in the post-modern world.

ISBN 0521727634   Pages 518 ISBN13 9780521727631 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Cambridge University Press   Weight (grammes) 700 Imprint Cambridge University Press   Published in Cambridge Format Paperback   Height (mm) 228 Publication date 08 Sep 2008   Width (mm) 152 Library of Congress 2007051565   Spine width (mm) 31 DEWEY 190   Academic level Tertiary education DEWEY edition DC22

1		Kant's "Copernican Revolution" as Existential		27
2		Hegel's Inauguration of the Language of Existence		76
3		Schelling on the Beyond of Existence		130
4		Nietzsche: Philosophy as Existence		178
5		Heidegger's Achievement Despite the Betrayal of Philosophical Existence		232
6		Existence Without Refuge as the Response of Levinas		291
7		Derrida's Dissemination of Existence as Differance		335
8		Kierkegaard's Prioritization of Existence over Philosophy		391
		Epilogue: Modernity as Responsibility		461
		Works Cited		467
		Select Bibliography of Secondary Sources		477
		Index		487

"[T]his is an astonishingly amazing book, truly revolutionary in modern philosophy about what it is really about, namely, in Walsh's words, "the luminosity of existence," a wonderfully philosophic expression." - James V. Schall, Georgetown University "My encounter with The Modern Philosophical Revolution has been one of the most formative experiences in my life as a philosopher. I have no hesitation in placing it along with Bernard Lonergan's Insight and Eric Voegelin's Order and History as one of the greatest works in contemporary English-language philosophy, and I predict its French and German translations will follow even more rapidly than did those of Lonergan's and Voegelin's opera magna." Brendan Purcell, Dublin, Ireland, The Review of Metaphysics

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