The Neo-Kantian school occupied a leading position in German academic philosophy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It was characterized by its reference to Kant and rejection of materialistic as well as metaphysical explanatory models. Being a thoroughly political philosophy, the Neo-Kantian school embraced mainly social-idealistic positions; its many representatives of Jewish…
Neo-Kantianism(2,751 words)
Cite this page
Daub, Adrian, “Neo-Kantianism”, in: Encyclopedia of Jewish History and Culture Online, Original German Language Edition: Enzyklopädie Jüdischer Geschichte und Kultur. Im Auftrag der Sächsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig herausgegeben von Dan Diner. © J.B. Metzler, Stuttgart/Springer-Verlag GmbH Deutschland 2011–2017. Consulted online on 01 June 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2468-8894_ejhc_COM_0581>
First published online: 2017
First print edition: 20210312
▲ Back to top ▲