Panentheism and Cosmopolitanism

A very short introduction to the philosophy of the German Idealist Karl Christian Friedrich Krause (1781-1832). The book contains a short biography, shows the relation between Indian philosophy and Krause's own panentheism, and based on this provides an overview of Krause's cosmopolitanism.

Karl Christian Friedrich Krause (1781-1832) developed a fascinating cosmopolitanism against the background of his panentheistic metaphysics. In Krause's panentheistic cosmopolitanism, every individual, every family, every friendship, every nation, every league of peoples, and finally, the global civil society itself is called upon to realize the ideals of virtue, law, beauty, and divinity. Because in Krause's panentheistic system of philosophy, humanity is at the centre of the Absolute, as the union of Reason and Nature, humanity is, in effect, called upon, and is capable of establishing the league of humanity as the imageof the Absolute, in and by freedom for excellence.

Autorentext

Benedikt Paul Göcke is Professor of the Philosophy of Religion and Philosophy of Science at Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany. He is also a Research Fellow at the Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion, University of Oxford, and a Life Member of Clare Hall, University of Cambridge.

Inhalt
Preface Introduction A Glimpse at the Life of Karl Christian Friedrich Krause Krause and the Vedic Traditions Krause's Panentheism Krause's Cosmopolitanism Conclusion Bibliography.