INTRODUCTION

PART Ⅰ: CASSIRER AS A PUBLIC PERSON

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 1. CASSIRER'S PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT WITH WEIMAR

Ⅰ. INTRODUCTION

Ⅰ.1. WHAT WAS THE CONTEXT THAT MARKED THE TRANSITION TO WEIMAR?

Ⅰ.2. WHAT WAS THE POLITICO -HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF THE WEIMAR CONSTITUTION?

Ⅰ.3. WHAT WAS CASSIRER'S CONSTITUTIONAL ENGAGEMENT?

Ⅱ. CONCLUSION

CHAPTER 2. CASSIRER AND HEIDEGGER. AN INTERMEZZO ON MAGIC MOUNTAIN (1929)

Ⅰ. INTRODUCTION

Ⅰ.1. WHAT WAS THE CASSIRER-HEIDEGGER DEBATE?

Ⅰ.2. WHAT WAS THE CASSIRER-HEIDEGGER DEBATE FROM A JURISPRUDENTIAL PERSPECTIVE?

Ⅱ. CONCLUSION

CHAPTER 3. CASSIRER IN EXILE: AN ESSAY ON THE RECOVERY OF INDIVIDUAL MORAL JUDGMENT

Ⅰ. INTRODUCTION

Ⅰ.1. WHAT WAS THE CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL OF PLATONISM?

Ⅰ.2. WHAT WAS THE CONTRIBUTION OF GREEK CULTURE?

Ⅰ.3. WHAT WAS THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL OF PLATONISM?

Ⅰ.4. WHAT WAS THE PHILOSOPHICAL FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN SCHWEITZER AND CASSIRER?

Ⅰ.5. WHAT ARE THE HUMANISTIC PREMISES OF CASSIRER'S PHILOSOPHY OF CULTURE?

Ⅱ. CONCLUSION

CHAPTER 4. THE POLITICS OF MYTH. CASSIRER'S PATHOLOGY OF THE TOTALITARIAN STATE

Ⅰ. INTRODUCTION

Ⅰ.1. WHAT WAS CASSIRER'S CRITIQUE OF LIFE PHILOSOPHY?

Ⅰ.2. WHAT WAS THE CULTURAL CRISIS PERCEIVED BY CASSIRER?

Ⅰ.3. HOW DID THE TECHNOLOGICAL AGE CONTRIBUTE TO THE CULTURAL CRISIS?

Ⅰ.4. WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MYTH OF THE STATE?

Ⅰ.5. WHAT IS THE POLITICS OF MYTH?

Ⅱ. CONCLUSION

CONCLUSION TO PART Ⅰ

PART Ⅱ: LAW AS SYMBOLIC FORM

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 5. THE PHILOSOPHY OF SYMBOLIC FORMS

Ⅰ. INTRODUCTION

Ⅰ.1. WHAT ARE THE OBJECTIVES OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF SYMBOLIC FORMS?

Ⅰ.2. WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF SYMBOLIC FORMS?

Ⅰ.3. WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN MYTH AND LANGUAGE?

Ⅰ.4. WHAT IS THE HERMENEUTICAL DIMENSION OF CASSIRER'S PHILOSOPHY OF CULTURE?

Ⅰ.5. WHAT IS THE ETHICAL DIMENSION OF CASSIRER'S METAPHYSICS OF CULTURE?

Ⅱ. CONCLUSION

CHAPTER 6. CASSIRER'S POSITION IN RELATION TO NEO-KANTIANISM?

Ⅰ. INTRODUCTION

Ⅰ.1. WHAT WAS NEO-KANTIANISM?

Ⅰ.2. WHAT WAS THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE MARBURG SCHOOL OF NEO-KANTIANISM?

Ⅰ.3. WHAT WAS THE CRITIQUE EXERTED UPON NEO-KANTIANISM?

Ⅰ.4. WHAT WERE CASSIRER'S ACHIEVEMENTS ABOVE AND BEYOND NEO-KANTIANISM?

Ⅱ. CONCLUSION

CHAPTER 7. LAW AS A SYMBOLIC FORM

Ⅰ. INTRODUCTION

Ⅰ.1. WHAT EXPLAINS CASSIRER'S ENGAGEMENT WITH LAW AS SYMBOLIC FORM?

Ⅰ.2. WHAT IS CASSIRER'S CRITIQUE OF SCANDINAVIAN REALIST JURISPRUDENCE?

Ⅰ.3. WHAT ARE THE EXPRESSIVE, THE REPRESENTATIVE, AND THE SYMBOLIC PHASES IN LAW?

Ⅰ.4. WHAT IS CASSIRER'S PHILOSOPHICAL JUSTIFICATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS?

Ⅱ. CONCLUSION

CHAPTER 8. THE LINGUISTIC TURN OF SOCIAL CONTRACT THEORY

Ⅰ. INTRODUCTION

Ⅰ.1. WHAT IS THE SOCIAL CONTRACT FOR CASSIRER?

Ⅰ.2. WHAT ARE THE CONDITIONS FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF A PROMISE?

Ⅱ. CONCLUSION

CHAPTER 9. CASSIRER'S POSITION IN RELATION TO NEO-KANTIAN JURISPRUDENCE

Ⅰ. INTRODUCTION

Ⅰ.1. WHAT WAS NEO-KANTIAN JURISPRUDENCE?

Ⅰ.2. WHAT WAS THE JURISPRUDENCE OF THE MARBURG SCHOOL?

Ⅰ.3. WHAT WAS THE JURISPRUDENCE HERMANN COHEN ENVISIONED?

Ⅰ.4. WHAT IS THE SOCIAL CONTRACT THEORY OF HERMANN COHEN?

Ⅰ.5. WHAT WERE THE BASIC OBJECTIONS RAISED AGAINST MARBURG JURISPRUDENCE?

Ⅱ. CONCLUSION

CONCLUSION TO PART Ⅱ

PRIMARY LITERATURE

SECONDARY LITERATURE

INDEX