This article has two aims. First, it situates Fichte’s project of a review journal within its historical and cultural context. Second, it shows how this project is consistent with his broader philosophical orientation. The reviews are considered not only as tools of critical analysis but also as expressions of the “spirit of the age,” embedded in the philosophical and literary debates of the late eighteenth century. By examining these texts and the editorial projects connected to them, the article reconstructs the intellectual dynamics of a complex period and clarifies the role of reviews in shaping contemporary discourse.
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Titolo del capitolo
A Journal at the Second Power: Fichte’s Project of a Review Journal
Autori
Matteo Vincenzo d'Alfonso, Trudu
Lingua
Inglese
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0999-1.13
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Anno di pubblicazione
2026
Copyright
© 2026 Author(s)
Licenza d'uso
Licenza dei metadati
Titolo del libro
Philosophical Reviews in German Territories (1668-1799)
Sottotitolo del libro
Volume 2
Curatori
Pasquale Terracciano, Francesco Valerio Tommasi
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Numero di pagine
282
Anno di pubblicazione
2026
Copyright
© 2026 Author(s)
Licenza d'uso
Licenza dei metadati
Editore
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0999-1
ISBN Print
979-12-215-0998-4
eISBN (pdf)
979-12-215-0999-1
eISBN (epub)
979-12-215-1060-7
Collana
Knowledge and its Histories
ISSN della collana
3035-5974
e-ISSN della collana
3035-5923