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Die klassische deutsche Philosophie nach Kant ist in einem engen argumentativen Austausch unter ihren Protagonisten entstanden und ausgebildet worden. Die Argumente, die in diesen Debatten vorgebracht wurden und die polemischen Bezüge, in denen sie stehen, sind bisher selten in ihren kontextuellen Verflechtungen untersucht worden. Eine aus der Distanz und Übersicht über diese Zusammenhänge entwickelte Einschätzung der Systementwürfe Fichtes, Schellings und Hegels steht noch aus.

A chapter-by-chapter précis is presented of Randall Collins's book, The Sociology of Philosophies: A Global Theory of Intellectual Change. It presents a sociological theory of intellectual networks that connect thinkers in chains of masters and pupils, colleagues and rivals, and of the internalized conversations that constitute the social processes of thinking. The theory is used to analyze long-term developments of the intellectual communities of philosophers in ancient Greece, ancient and medieval China and India, medieval and modern Japan, medieval Islam and Judaism, medieval Christendom, and modern Europe through the early 20th century.

Can work be done for pay, and still be loving? While many feminists believe that marketization inevitably leads to a degradation of social connections, we suggest that markets are themselves forms of social organization, and that even relationships of unequal power can sometimes include mutual respect. We call for increased attention to specific causes of suffering, such as greed, poverty, and subordination. We conclude with a summary of contributions to this Special Issue.