Pessimism : philosophy, ethic, spirit / Joshua Foa Dienstag.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dienstag, Joshua Foa, 1965-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pessimism.

Pessimism--Political aspects.

Physical Description:

xix, 293 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2006]

Contents:

Chapter 1 The Anatomy of Pessimism 3

Chapter 2 "A Philosophy That Is Grievous but True": Cultural Pessimism in Rousseau and Leopardi 49

Chapter 3 "The Evils of the World Honestly Admitted": Metaphysical Pessimism in Schopenhauer and Freud 84

Chapter 4 "Consciousness Is a Disease": Existential Pessimism in Camus, Unamuno, and Cioran 118

Chapter 5 Nietzsche's Dionysian Pessimism 161

Chapter 6 Cervantes as Educator: Don Quixote and the Practice of Pessimism 201

Chapter 7 Aphorisms and Pessimisms 226

Chapter 8 Pessimism and Freedom (The Pessimist Speaks) 244.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [273]-282) and index.

ISBN:

069112552X

OCLC:

62878408

Publisher Number:

9780691125527

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