Better Consciousness
Schopenhauer's Philosophy of Value
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 2. October 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-1-4051-9294-1 (ISBN)
Description
Better Consciousness: Schopenhauer's Philosophy of Value reassesses Schopenhauer's aesthetics and ethics and their contemporary relevance.
Features a collection of new essays from leading Schopenhauer scholars
Explores a relatively neglected area of Schopenhauer's philosophy
Offers a new perspective on a great thinker who crystallized the pessimism of the nineteenth century and has many points of contact with twenty-first century thought
Features a collection of new essays from leading Schopenhauer scholars
Explores a relatively neglected area of Schopenhauer's philosophy
Offers a new perspective on a great thinker who crystallized the pessimism of the nineteenth century and has many points of contact with twenty-first century thought
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Language
English
Place of publication
Hoboken
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 170 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
386 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4051-9294-1 (9781405192941)
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E-Book
01/2010
Wiley-Blackwell
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Persons
Alex Neill is a Reader in Philosophy at the University of Southampton. His current focus is on the history of 18th- and 19th-century philosophical aesthetics. He is co-editor (with Aaron Ridley) of The Philosophy of Art: Readings Ancient and Modern (1995) and Arguing About Art: Contemporary Philosophical Debates, 3e (2007). Christopher Janaway is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southampton. His research interests fall chiefly in the areas of 19th-century German philosophy and aesthetics. His recent books include Schopenhauer: A Very Short Introduction (2002), Reading Aesthetics: Selected Texts with Interactive Commentary (Blackwell, 2005), and Beyond Selflessness: Reading Nietzsche's Genealogy (2007).
Content
Preface. 1. Schopenhauer's Philosophy of Value (Christopher Janaway, University of Southampton, UK and Alex Neill, University of Southampton, UK).
2. Back to Truth: Knowledge and Pleasure in the Aesthetics of Schopenhauer (Paul Guyer, University of Pennsylvania, USA).
3. Aesthetic Experience in Schopenhauer's Metaphysics of Will (Alex Neill, University of Southampton, UK).
4. Schopenhauer on Aesthetic Understanding and the Values of Art (Bart Vandenabeele, Universiteit Gent, Belgium).
5. Poetic Intuition and the Bounds of Sense: Metaphor and Metonymy in Schopenhauer's Philosophy (Sandra Shapshay, Indiana University - Bloomington, USA).
6. Life is but a mirror: On the connection between ethics, metaphysics and character in Schopenhauer (Matthias Kossler, Johannes-Gutenberg Universitaet, Germany).
7. Knowledge and Selflessness: Schopenhauer and the Paradox of Reflection (Bernard Reginster, Brown University, USA).
8. Natural Beauty and Optimism in Schopenhauer's Aesthetics (Robert Wicks, University of Auckland, New Zealand).
9. Compassion and Solidarity with Sufferers: The Metaphysics of Mitleid (David E. Cartwright, University of Wisconsin - Whitewater , USA).
10. Schopenhauer's Politics: Ethics, Jurisprudence and The State (Julian Young, University of Auckland, New Zealand).
11. Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Death and Salvation (Neil Jordan, Godalming, UK).
Index.
2. Back to Truth: Knowledge and Pleasure in the Aesthetics of Schopenhauer (Paul Guyer, University of Pennsylvania, USA).
3. Aesthetic Experience in Schopenhauer's Metaphysics of Will (Alex Neill, University of Southampton, UK).
4. Schopenhauer on Aesthetic Understanding and the Values of Art (Bart Vandenabeele, Universiteit Gent, Belgium).
5. Poetic Intuition and the Bounds of Sense: Metaphor and Metonymy in Schopenhauer's Philosophy (Sandra Shapshay, Indiana University - Bloomington, USA).
6. Life is but a mirror: On the connection between ethics, metaphysics and character in Schopenhauer (Matthias Kossler, Johannes-Gutenberg Universitaet, Germany).
7. Knowledge and Selflessness: Schopenhauer and the Paradox of Reflection (Bernard Reginster, Brown University, USA).
8. Natural Beauty and Optimism in Schopenhauer's Aesthetics (Robert Wicks, University of Auckland, New Zealand).
9. Compassion and Solidarity with Sufferers: The Metaphysics of Mitleid (David E. Cartwright, University of Wisconsin - Whitewater , USA).
10. Schopenhauer's Politics: Ethics, Jurisprudence and The State (Julian Young, University of Auckland, New Zealand).
11. Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Death and Salvation (Neil Jordan, Godalming, UK).
Index.