Forms of temporality and historical time in the work of Johann Gottfried Herder / edited by Liisa Steinby and Johannes Schmidt.

"This edited collection is the first volume solely dedicated to research on Johann Gottfried Herder's understanding of history, time, and temporalities. Forms of Temporality and Historical Time in the Work of Johann Gottfried Herder is ideal for scholars, graduates, and postgraduates interested in Herder's metaphysics, epistemology, and philosophy of history, as well as any scholar concerned with 18th-century concepts of time and the emergence of the modern world at the beginning of the 19th century"-- Provided by publisher.

Introduction: Herder on Time, Change, and History -- 1. Herder on the Temporality of Freedom / John K. Noyes -- 2.Grasping the Changeable: Concepts, Metaphors, and Laws / Liisa Steinby -- 3. Herder: Time, Temporality, and (Christian) Telos / Johannes Schmidt -- 4. Time and Bildung in the Thought of Johann Gottfried Herder / Rainer Wisbert -- 5. Human History and Extra-Terrestrial Temporalities in Herder's Ideen zur Philosophie der Geschichte der Menschheit / Christina M. Weiler -- 6. Nemesis in Herder's Approach to Time, or How "to Enjoy the Ocean in a Nutshell" / Beate I. Allert -- 7. "Die Welt eines Fühlenden ist bloß eine Welt der unmittelbaren Gegenwart." Past Made Present in Herder's Aesthetic Experience / Catherine Girardin -- 8. Historical Finitude Plus Divine Transcendence: Temporality and 'Double Origin' in Herder's Biblical Writing / John Pizer