The series publishes monographs and essay collections devoted to the history of philosophy as well as studies in the theory of writing the history of philosophy. A special emphasis is placed on the contextualization of philosophical historiography into the areas of the history of science, culture, and the wider scope of intellectual history.

• Contents
• 0. Introduction – The Event of Language
• 1. Of Language as an ‘Event’ – Heymann Steinthal
• 2. The Origin of Language from ‘Almost Nothing’ – Lazarus Geiger
• 3. The ‘Spirit of Language’ – Moritz Lazarus
• 4. ‘The Peace of Humour’ – Hermann Cohen
• 5. On Tact as Form of Sociability
• 6. At the Limits of the ‘Critique of Language’ – Fritz Mauthner
• 7. From the Critique of Language to a ‘Critique of Culture’ – Ernst Cassirer
• 8. Conclusion – Language, Culture and Individuality
• Bibliography
• Index