A Companion to Schopenhauer

Ed. by Vandenabeele, Bart

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A Companion to Schopenhauer provides a comprehensive guideto all the important facets of Schopenhauer's philosophy. Thevolume contains 26 newly commissioned essays by prominentSchopenhauer scholars working in the field today.
A thoroughly comprehensive guide to the life, work, and thoughtof Arthur Schopenhauer
Demonstrates the range of Schopenhauer's work andilluminates the debates it has generated
26 newly commissioned essays by some of the most prominentSchopenhauer scholars working today reflect the very latest trendsin Schopenhauer scholarship
Covers the full range of historical and philosophicalperspectives on Schopenhauer's work
Discusses his seminal contributions to our understanding ofknowledge, perception, morality, science, logic and mathematics,Platonic Ideas, the unconscious, aesthetic experience, art,colours, sexuality, will, compassion, pessimism, tragedy, pleasure,and happiness

Produktdetails

• Blackwell Companions to Philosophy
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 1A405171030
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Februar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 256mm x 182mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 827g
• ISBN-13: 9781405171038
• ISBN-10: 1405171030
• Artikelnr.: 32926251

Autorenporträt

Bart Vandenabeele is Professor of Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art at Ghent University, Belgium. His research interests include Kant, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, tragedy, the sublime, aesthetic judgment, and the values of art and literature. He has published chiefly in the areas of philosophical aesthetics, the history of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century philosophy, and the philosophy of language and communication. He is associate editor of Empedocles: European Journal for the Philosophy of Communication.

Inhaltsangabe

Notes on Contributors Acknowledgments A Note on Cross-References List of Abbreviations Introduction: Arthur Schopenhauer: The Man and His Work Part I: Nature
Knowledge and Perception Part: II World
Will and Life Part III: Art
Beauty and the Sublime Part IV: Compassion
Resignation and Sainthood Part V: Schopenhauer's Context and Legacy