Schopenhauer's 'The World as Will and Representation': A Critical Guide

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Judith Norman (Trinity University, Texas) Alistair Welchman (University of Texas, San Antonio)

Schopenhauer's 'The World as Will and Representation'

A Critical Guide

Judith Norman (Trinity University, Texas), Alistair Welchman (University of Texas, San Antonio)

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Cambridge University Press
22 December 2022

Philosophy; Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900; Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology

Series: Cambridge Critical Guides

Schopenhauer's The World as Will and Representation is one of the central texts in the history of Western philosophy. It is one of the last monuments to the project of grand synthetic philosophical system-building, where a single, unified work could aim to clarify, resolve, and ground all the central questions of metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, religion, aesthetics and science. Poorly received at its initial publication, it soon became a powerful cultural force, inspiring not only philosophers but also artists, writers and musicians, and attracting a large popular audience of non-scholars. Perhaps equally importantly, Schopenhauer was one of the first European philosophers to take non-Western thought seriously and to treat it as a living tradition rather than as a mere object of study. This volume of new essays showcases the enormous variety of contemporary scholarship on this monumental text, as well as its enduring relevance.

Edited by: Judith Norman (Trinity University Texas), Alistair Welchman (University of Texas, San Antonio)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 158mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 580g
ISBN: 9781108477543
ISBN 10: 1108477542
Series: Cambridge Critical Guides
Pages: 300
Publication Date: 22 December 2022
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction Judith Norman and Alistair Welchman; 1. Different Kinds of willing in Schopenhauer Christopher Janaway; 2. Resignation Bernard Reginster; 3. Appreciating nature aesthetically in the world as will and representation: Between Kant and Hegel Sandra Shapshay; 4. The hour of consecration: Inspiration and cognition in Schopenhauer's genius Cheryl Foster; 5. Experiencing character as a key for a present-day interpretation of Schopenhauer Matthias Koßler; 6. Schopenhauer in dialogue with Fichte and Schelling: Schopenhauer's critique of moral fatalism and his turn to freedom from willing Manja Kisner; 7. Schopenhauer's philosophy of religion – (Hopeless) romanticism? Dennis Vanden Auweele; 8. Maja and Nieban in the world as will and representation Stephan Atzert; 9. Schopenhauer, universal guilt, and asceticism as the expression of universal compassion Robert Wicks; 10. Seeing things: Schopenhauer's Kant critique and direct realism Alistair Welchman; 11. The sciences in the world as will and representation Marco Segala; 12. Pushing back: Reading the world as will and representation as a woman Judith Norman.

Judith Norman is Professor of Philosophy at Trinity University, Texas. She has published articles on nineteenth- and twentieth-century philosophy, and has translated works by Schelling, Schopenhauer and Nietzsche. Alistair Welchman is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Texas at San Antonio. He has published articles on Schopenhauer, Schelling and contemporary French philosophy, and has translated works by Schopenhauer and Maimon.

Reviews for Schopenhauer's 'The World as Will and Representation': A Critical Guide

".."".This book will be of interest to general readers, undergraduates, graduates, and scholars in the field."" --George Lăzăroiu, PhD, Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences, New York, Analysis and Metaphysics"