After Enlightenment (PDF)

After Enlightenment: Hamann as Post-Secular Visionary is a
comprehensive introduction to the life and works of
eighteenth-century German philosopher, J. G. Hamann, the founding
father of what has come to be known as Radical Orthodoxy.

* Provides a long-overdue, comprehensive introduction to Haman's
fascinating life and controversial works, including his role as a
friend and critic of Kant and some of the most renowned German
intellectuals of the age

* Features substantial new translations of the most important
passages from across Hamann's writings, some of which have never
been translated into English

* Examines Hamann's highly original views on a range of topics,
including faith, reason, revelation, Christianity, biblical
exegesis, Socrates, theological aesthetics, language, sexuality,
religion, politics, and the relationship between Judaism and
Christianity

* Presents Hamann as the 'founding father' of a distinctly
post-modern, post-secular theology and, as such, as an alternative
to the 'postmodern triumvirate' of Nietzsche, Heidegger, and
Derrida

* Considers Hamann's work as a touchtone of modern
Jewish-Christian dialogue, in view of debates with his friend Moses
Mendelssohn

* Explores Hamann's role as the visionary founder of a
'metacritical' movement that radically calls into question the
basic principles of modern secular reason, and thus reprises the
debate between those defending Hamann's views and those labeling
him the bête noir of the Enlightenment