INTRODUCTION 1
PART Ⅰ: CASSIRER AS A PUBLIC PERSON 25
INTRODUCTION 25
CHAPTER 1. CASSIRER'S PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT WITH WEIMAR 27
Ⅰ. INTRODUCTION 27
Ⅰ.1. WHAT WAS THE CONTEXT THAT MARKED THE TRANSITION TO WEIMAR? 29
Ⅰ.2. WHAT WAS THE POLITICO -HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF THE WEIMAR CONSTITUTION? 34
Ⅰ.3. WHAT WAS CASSIRER'S CONSTITUTIONAL ENGAGEMENT? 45
Ⅱ. CONCLUSION 55
CHAPTER 2. CASSIRER AND HEIDEGGER. AN INTERMEZZO ON MAGIC MOUNTAIN (1929) 57
Ⅰ. INTRODUCTION 57
Ⅰ.1. WHAT WAS THE CASSIRER-HEIDEGGER DEBATE? 58
Ⅰ.2. WHAT WAS THE CASSIRER-HEIDEGGER DEBATE FROM A JURISPRUDENTIAL PERSPECTIVE? 72
Ⅱ. CONCLUSION 82
CHAPTER 3. CASSIRER IN EXILE: AN ESSAY ON THE RECOVERY OF INDIVIDUAL MORAL JUDGMENT 87
Ⅰ. INTRODUCTION 87
Ⅰ.1. WHAT WAS THE CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL OF PLATONISM? 90
Ⅰ.2. WHAT WAS THE CONTRIBUTION OF GREEK CULTURE? 98
Ⅰ.3. WHAT WAS THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL OF PLATONISM? 107
Ⅰ.4. WHAT WAS THE PHILOSOPHICAL FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN SCHWEITZER AND CASSIRER? 114
Ⅰ.5. WHAT ARE THE HUMANISTIC PREMISES OF CASSIRER'S PHILOSOPHY OF CULTURE? 123
Ⅱ. CONCLUSION 132
CHAPTER 4. THE POLITICS OF MYTH. CASSIRER'S PATHOLOGY OF THE TOTALITARIAN STATE 135
Ⅰ. INTRODUCTION 135
Ⅰ.1. WHAT WAS CASSIRER'S CRITIQUE OF LIFE PHILOSOPHY? 138
Ⅰ.2. WHAT WAS THE CULTURAL CRISIS PERCEIVED BY CASSIRER? 143
Ⅰ.3. HOW DID THE TECHNOLOGICAL AGE CONTRIBUTE TO THE CULTURAL CRISIS? 151
Ⅰ.4. WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MYTH OF THE STATE? 157
Ⅰ.5. WHAT IS THE POLITICS OF MYTH? 162
Ⅱ. CONCLUSION 169
CONCLUSION TO PART Ⅰ 173
PART Ⅱ: LAW AS SYMBOLIC FORM 179
INTRODUCTION 179
CHAPTER 5. THE PHILOSOPHY OF SYMBOLIC FORMS 181
Ⅰ. INTRODUCTION 181
Ⅰ.1. WHAT ARE THE OBJECTIVES OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF SYMBOLIC FORMS? 182
Ⅰ.2. WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF SYMBOLIC FORMS? 188
Ⅰ.3. WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN MYTH AND LANGUAGE? 200
Ⅰ.4. WHAT IS THE HERMENEUTICAL DIMENSION OF CASSIRER'S PHILOSOPHY OF CULTURE? 205
Ⅰ.5. WHAT IS THE ETHICAL DIMENSION OF CASSIRER'S METAPHYSICS OF CULTURE? 208
Ⅱ. CONCLUSION 220
CHAPTER 6. CASSIRER'S POSITION IN RELATION TO NEO-KANTIANISM? 223
Ⅰ. INTRODUCTION 223
Ⅰ.1. WHAT WAS NEO-KANTIANISM? 223
Ⅰ.2. WHAT WAS THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE MARBURG SCHOOL OF NEO-KANTIANISM? 227
Ⅰ.3. WHAT WAS THE CRITIQUE EXERTED UPON NEO-KANTIANISM? 234
Ⅰ.4. WHAT WERE CASSIRER'S ACHIEVEMENTS ABOVE AND BEYOND NEO-KANTIANISM? 238
Ⅱ. CONCLUSION 243
CHAPTER 7. LAW AS A SYMBOLIC FORM 245
Ⅰ. INTRODUCTION 245
Ⅰ.1. WHAT EXPLAINS CASSIRER'S ENGAGEMENT WITH LAW AS SYMBOLIC FORM? 246
Ⅰ.2. WHAT IS CASSIRER'S CRITIQUE OF SCANDINAVIAN REALIST JURISPRUDENCE? 250
Ⅰ.3. WHAT ARE THE EXPRESSIVE, THE REPRESENTATIVE, AND THE SYMBOLIC PHASES IN LAW? 256
Ⅰ.4. WHAT IS CASSIRER'S PHILOSOPHICAL JUSTIFICATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS? 267
Ⅱ. CONCLUSION 273
CHAPTER 8. THE LINGUISTIC TURN OF SOCIAL CONTRACT THEORY 277
Ⅰ. INTRODUCTION 277
Ⅰ.1. WHAT IS THE SOCIAL CONTRACT FOR CASSIRER? 278
Ⅰ.2. WHAT ARE THE CONDITIONS FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF A PROMISE? 286
Ⅱ. CONCLUSION 296
CHAPTER 9. CASSIRER'S POSITION IN RELATION TO NEO-KANTIAN JURISPRUDENCE 299
Ⅰ. INTRODUCTION 299
Ⅰ.1. WHAT WAS NEO-KANTIAN JURISPRUDENCE? 302
Ⅰ.2. WHAT WAS THE JURISPRUDENCE OF THE MARBURG SCHOOL? 307
Ⅰ.3. WHAT WAS THE JURISPRUDENCE HERMANN COHEN ENVISIONED? 311
Ⅰ.4. WHAT IS THE SOCIAL CONTRACT THEORY OF HERMANN COHEN? 316
Ⅰ.5. WHAT WERE THE BASIC OBJECTIONS RAISED AGAINST MARBURG JURISPRUDENCE? 322
Ⅱ. CONCLUSION 329
CONCLUSION TO PART Ⅱ 333
PRIMARY LITERATURE 339
SECONDARY LITERATURE 345
INDEX 379