{"product_id":"herder-john-k-noyes-9781442650381","title":"Herder: Aesthetics Against Imperialism","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmong his generation of intellectuals, the eighteenth-century German philosopher Johann Gottfried Herder is recognized both for his innovative philosophy of language and history and for his passionate criticism of racism, colonialism, and imperialism. A student of Immanuel Kant, Herder challenged the idea that anyone - even the philosophers of the Enlightenment - could have a monopoly on truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eHerder: Aesthetics against Imperialism\u003c\/em\u003e, John K. Noyes plumbs the connections between Herder's anti-imperialism, often acknowledged but rarely explored in depth, and his epistemological investigations. Noyes argues that Herder's anti-rationalist epistemology, his rejection of universal conceptions of truth, knowledge, and justice, constitutes the first attempt to establish not just a moral but an epistemological foundation for anti-imperialism. Engaging with the work of postcolonial theorists such Dipesh Chakrabarty and Gayatri Spivak, this book is a valuable reassessment of Enlightenment anti-imperialism that demonstrates Herder's continuing relevance to postcolonial studies today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John K. Noyes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1442650389\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781442650381\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/23\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.10w x 1.30d","brand":"John K. Noyes","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46136037769471,"sku":"9781442650381","price":91.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ce14ed6e-33a5-42b0-8b29-fd1fd7804594.jpg?v=1726415499","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/herder-john-k-noyes-9781442650381","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}