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Title: Ernst Cassirer: A "Repetition" of Modernity (Suny Series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy) by Steve G. Lofts, John Michael Krois ISBN: 0-7914-4495-3 Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr Pub. Date: March, 2000 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $73.50

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Summary: A strange, but intriguing reading of Cassirer
Comment: Lofts' approach is rather strange: nevertheless, his unorthodox interpretation is very intriguing. Using the distinction between the signifier and signified, he brings out the internal and systematic structure of Cassirer's philosophy -- which is not at all clear when you read Cassirer himself. One could dispute any one of a number of points (and especially the methodological approach), but this is only because Lofts is, as he himself says, attempting to go "beyond Cassirer" and thus is taking a number of interpretative risks in his reading. At times one wonders, whether this is Cassirer or Lofts' philosophy of culture. However, Lofts skilfully use of quotes assures us that it is indeed Cassirer's. Given that it is one of the few books on Cassirer written in English, given the fact that it is compact and uses material from all of Cassirer's works (no small task as Krois points out in his Preface), and finally given that it is an intriguing reading of Cassirer: this is certainly worth a read.