Synopses & Reviews
This book offers a radically new interpretation of the entire philosophy of J. G. Fichte by showing the impact of nineteenth-century psychological techniques and technologies on the formation of his theory of the imagination—the very centerpiece of his philosophical system. By situating Fichte’s philosophy within the context of nineteenth-century German science and culture, the book establishes a new genealogy, one that shows the extent to which German idealism’s transcendental account of the social remains dependent upon the scientific origins of psychoanalysis in the material techniques of Mesmerism. The book makes it clear that the rational, transcendental account of spirit, imagination, and the social has its source in the psychological phenomena of affective rapport. Specifically, the imagination undergoes a double displacement in which it is ultimately subject to external influence, the influence of a material technique, or, in short, a technology.
Review
“F. Scott Scribner's Matters of Spirit presents a provocative argument.”
—Joan Steigerwald, Isis
Synopsis
Hundreds of buildings, thousands of people, countless stories--there's always more to learn about Penn State, no matter how much time you've spent there. This Is Penn State: An Insider's Guide to the University Park Campus will enlighten anyone with an interest in the University, from visiting parents to lifelong State College residents.
This Is Penn State documents the rich history beneath the surface of the Penn State experience, offering facts and figures, essays and anecdotes, obscure trivia, notable quotations, and a wealth of other information about Penn State's past, present, and future. Forty of the University's most prominent buildings and areas are highlighted, accompanied by more than 120 illustrations, ranging from historical photographs to architectural sketches of buildings not yet completed.
Essays by veteran Penn Staters Leon Stout, Craig Zabel, and Gabriel Welsch cover Penn State's history, architecture, and changing physical landscape. And when you want to get outside and see the campus firsthand, This Is Penn State is your guidebook to University Park. The four detailed maps take you on a west-to-east walking tour of Penn State's buildings, allowing you to understand the development of each area of campus.
Over the last 150 years, Penn State has been devoted to scholarship, research, and community service. In honor of the University's sesquicentennial and in celebration of the Press's fiftieth anniversary, the Penn State Press is proud to offer This Is Penn State as its gift to everyone who feels a connection with "dear old State."
About the Author
F. Scott Scribner is Associate Professor of Philosophy, Hillyer College, at the University of Hartford.
Table of Contents
ContentsAcknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. An Introduction to the Crisis of Spirit: Technology and the Fichtean Imagination
2. Technology and Truth: Representation and the Problem of the Third Term
3. Spirit and the Technology of the Letter
4. The Spatial Imagination: Affect, Image, and the Critique of Representational Consciousness
5. Subtle Matter and the Ground of Intersubjectivity
6. The Aesthetic of Influence
7. The First Displacement: From Subjectivity to Being
8. The Second Displacement: From a Metaphysical to a Technological Imagination
Bibliography
Index