ABSTRACT
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) is now recognised as a figure of canonical importance to the history of philosophy. Schopenhauer founded his system on a highly original interpretation of Kant’s philosophy, developing an entirely novel and controversial worldview guided centrally by his striking conception of the human will and of art and beauty. His influence extends to figures as diverse as Fredrich Nietzsche, Ludwig Wittgenstein and Iris Murdoch within philosophy, and Richard Wagner, Thomas Hardy, Sigmund Freud, Thomas Mann, Samuel Beckett and Jorge Luis Borges outside it.
The Schopenhauerian Mind is an outstanding, wide-ranging collection that explores the rich nature of Schopenhauer's ideas, texts, influences, and legacy. Comprising 38 original chapters by an international team of contributors, the volume is organised into five clear parts:
- Knowledge and Reality
- Aesthetics and the Arts
- Ethics, Politics, and Salvation
- Before Schopenhauer
- After Schopenhauer
The Schopenhauerian Mind covers all the key areas and concepts of Schopenhauer’s philosophy, including fields omitted in previous studies. It is essential reading for students of nineteenth-century philosophy, Continental philosophy and philosophy of art and aesthetics, and also of interest to those in related disciplines such as literature and religion.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|122 pages
Knowledge and Reality
chapter 2|18 pages
Schopenhauer's Representationalist Theory of Rationality
chapter 7|15 pages
Time, Death and Boredom in Schopenhauer
chapter 8|15 pages
“Zwar ein Wissen, jedoch keine Wissenschaft”
part 2|86 pages
Aesthetics and the Arts
chapter 10|13 pages
Artistic Creativity and the Ideal of Beauty
part 3|114 pages
Ethics, Politics, and Salvation
part 4|142 pages
Before Schopenhauer
chapter 29|20 pages
Kant's Monstrous Claim
part 5|98 pages
After Schopenhauer