Ludwig Feuerbach - Philosophical Pioneer of Contemporaneity

Abstract

To contribute towards the current revival of the philosophical thought of Ludwig Andreas Feuerbach (1804-1872) with his pioneering exposition of various contemporary issues (Individual Differences, Statue of Democracy and Sciences, Sustainable Development, Dietetics, Gymnastics, Unconscious Desires, Intercultural Dialogues, and others). The author applies Feuerbach's own organic or critical-genetic method, in which phenomena are understood through their origins, to grasp Feuerbachian insights. His Philosophy is examined through his concept of self-objectification (among his fundamental concepts) as the guiding principle of Feuerbach's formulations, both as a result of explicitly pantheistic, naturalistic and republican influences, and as a conceptual basis for transcending them as they evolved, philosophically, Italian philosophical pantheism through its genetic-critical methodology, Western scientific naturalism through its postulation of technological alliances with inhuman nature, and European democratic republicanism through its prediction of the institutional conditions for a future human community.