Schopenhauer and Adorno on Bodily Suffering

A Comparative Analysis

Häftad, Engelska, 2014

Av M. Peters

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Schopenhauer and Adorno on Bodily Suffering explores how the works of both philosophers revolve around an entwinement of pessimism and optimism, which links statements regarding the wrongness of the world to analyses of the human capability to experience compassion with bodily suffering and to the redeeming qualities of the arts.

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Utgivningsdatum2014-01-01
Mått140 x 216 x 16 mm
Vikt361 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor279
Upplaga14001
FörlagPalgrave Macmillan
ISBN9781349489473

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Mathijs Peters studied Philosophy at Utrecht University, The Netherlands, The New School for Social Research, USA and the Institut Catholique de Paris, France. He obtained his PhD-degree at the University of Essex, UK and has published on Schopenhauer, Adorno and Merleau-Ponty, as well as on the relationship between philosophy and popular culture. Currently, he is a researcher at the 'Postwachstumskolleg' of the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Germany.

Preface List of Abbreviations 1. Introduction PART I: DETERMINISM, RATIONALITY, EMBODIMENT 2. A Paradox of Transcendence and Immanence 3. The World as Will 4. Irrationalism and Pessimism 5. The Whole is the Wrong 6. The Twitching of the Hand PART II: MORALITY, SALVATION, HAPPINESS 7. Neminem Laede - Injure No One 8. Being a Good Animal 9. The Road to Salvation 10. Rien Faire Comme une Bete 11. Conclusion Bibliography Index