<P>The path taken by German philosophy in the twentieth century is one of the most exciting and controversial in the history of human thought, by turns radical and conservative and secular and religious. In this outstanding introduction,<I> German Philosophy in the Twentieth Century: Dilthey to Honneth-</I>the third and final volume in his trilogy-Julian Young examines the work of eight German philosophers and theologians of the period. He discusses their engagement with the deepest existential questions, their critique of the rationalization and mechanization of modernity, and their commitment to varying forms of liberalism, socialism, and democracy.</P><P></P><P>Young introduces and assesses the thought of the following figures: </P><P></P><UL><P><LI>Wilhelm Dilthey: the need for ''worldviews'', and the distinction between ''explanation'' and ''understanding'' as a bulwark against the reduction of human beings to scientific quanta</LI><LI>Karl Jaspers: existentialism, the challenge o
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