aesthetics
Arthur Schopenhauer
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critical theory
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ethics
Nietzsche
philosophy
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- ISBN 9781405192941
- Weight: 386g
- Dimensions: 173 x 246mm
- Publication Date: 02 Oct 2009
- Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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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
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).
