Historical Understanding and Political Ideals: Kant and Benj

Eldridge, Richard Thomas, 1953-

dc.contributor.author	Eldridge, Richard Thomas, 1953-
dc.date.accessioned	2014-08-12T19:44:57Z
dc.date.available	2014-08-12T19:44:57Z
dc.date.issued	2011-02-03
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10066/14614
dc.description.abstract	Professor of Philosophy Richard Eldridge takes up the following questions in this talk: 1) How do historical narratives explain events and provide understanding? 2) What is the role of political ideals in the framing of historical narratives? 3) How, for both Kant and Benjamin, does historical narrative play an essential role in furthering the task of (critical) philosophy? 4) What are the specific, opposed conceptions of historical understanding and ideal political life held by Kant and Benjamin?	en_US
dc.description.sponsorship	Swarthmore College. Dept. of Philosophy	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.publisher	Swarthmore College
dc.title	Historical Understanding and Political Ideals: Kant and Benj	en_US
dc.type.dcmi	Sound