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Among his generation of intellectuals, the eighteenth-century German philosopher Johann Gottfried Herder is recognized both for his innovative philosophy of language and history and for his passionate criticism of racism, colonialism, and imperialism. A student of Immanuel Kant, Herder challenged the idea that anyone - even the philosophers of the Enlightenment - could have a monopoly on truth.In Herder: Aesthetics against Imperialism, John K. Noyes plumbs the connections between Herder's anti-imperialism, often acknowledged but rarely explored in depth, and his epistemological investigations. Noyes argues that Herder's anti-rationalist epistemology, his rejection of universal conceptions of truth, knowledge, and justice, constitutes the first attempt to establish not just a moral but an epistemological foundation for anti-imperialism. Engaging with the work of postcolonial theorists such Dipesh Chakrabarty and Gayatri Spivak, this book is a valuable reassessment of Enlightenment anti-imperialism that demonstrates Herder's continuing relevance to postcolonial studies today.

Aesthetics, German --- German philosophy --- Imperialism. --- Enlightenment. --- Aufklärung --- Eighteenth century --- Philosophy, Modern --- Rationalism --- Colonialism --- Empires --- Expansion (United States politics) --- Neocolonialism --- Political science --- Anti-imperialist movements --- Caesarism --- Chauvinism and jingoism --- Militarism --- Herder, Johann Gottfried, --- von Herder, Johann Gottfried --- Von Herder, J. G. --- Aesthetics. --- Philosophy, German --- Tyskland. --- (lcsh)Herder, Johann Gottfried, 1744-1803--Aesthetics. --- (fast)Herder, Johann Gottfried, 1744-1803. --- (fast)1700 - 1799 --- (lcsh)Aesthetics, German--18th century. --- (lcsh)Philosophy, German--18th century. --- (lcsh)Imperialism. --- (lcsh)Enlightenment. --- (fast)Aesthetics. --- (fast)Aesthetics, German. --- (fast)Enlightenment. --- (fast)Imperialism. --- (fast)Philosophy, German.