Johann Georg Hamann's Relational Metacriticism (Theologische Bibliothek Topelmann) [Hardcover]

Gwen Griffith Dickson (Author), Johann Georg Hamann (Author)

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• Hardcover: 553 pages
• Publisher: Walter De Gruyter Inc (September 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3110144379
• ISBN-13: 978-3110144376
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.2 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,796,875 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Invaluable Resource for Anglophone students of Hamann, August 7, 2008

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Samuel (New Haven, CT) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Johann Georg Hamann's Relational Metacriticism (Theologische Bibliothek Topelmann) (Hardcover)

This is currently the most valuable collection of Hamann's writings with accompanying commentary in English. Dickson's introductory essays are generally excellent, particularly for those who have not read the many outstanding German studies of Hamann (by Unger, Blanke, Metzke, et al). Although this book is prohibitively expensive for most individuals (everything published by De Gruyter is expensive), it should be reasonably easy to acquire through one's university library system. Along with O'Flaherty's excellent studies, this work should definitely be consulted by any student of Hamann, and is, in this reviewers opinion, a more valuable book for understanding Hamann than the disappointing "Hamann: Writings on Philosophy and Language," published by Cambridge UP. Although it is valuable to have both books, since they comprise the majority of Hamann's texts that have been translated into English, the unremarkable introductory essay combined with the omission of the Socratic Memorabilia and the fact that Kenneth Haynes, the book's editor, is not a Hamann scholar per se (certainly not like Dickson or O'Flaherty) are some of the Cambridge text's drawbacks. So, despite the fact that the Cambridge text has more texts by Hamann, if one is beginning one's study of Hamann, it's best to start with Dickson and O'Flaherty, due to the quality of their commentary.

1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My favorite philosopher after Plato, January 30, 2008

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RR "cargdouill" (Chicago) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Johann Georg Hamann's Relational Metacriticism (Theologische Bibliothek Topelmann) (Hardcover)

He told Kant where to stick it, for one thing. I read this back in college days. Now I don't have the chance to.Why in god's name is this book so outrageously expensive?????????????????????????????????????????