Walter Kaufmann : Philosopher, Humanist, Heretic / Stanley Corngold.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Corngold, Stanley, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intellectuals--United States--Biography.

Intellectuals.

Philosophers--United States--Biography.

Philosophers.

Philosophy and religion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (761 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The first complete account of the ideas and writings of a major figure in twentieth-century intellectual lifeWalter Kaufmann (1921-1980) was a charismatic philosopher, critic, translator, and poet who fled Nazi Germany at the age of eighteen, emigrating alone to the United States. He was astonishingly prolific until his untimely death at age fifty-nine, writing some dozen major books, all marked by breathtaking erudition and a provocative essayistic style. He single-handedly rehabilitated Nietzsche's reputation after World War II and was enormously influential in introducing postwar American readers to existentialism. Until now, no book has examined his intellectual legacy.Stanley Corngold provides the first in-depth study of Kaufmann's thought, covering all his major works. He shows how Kaufmann speaks to many issues that concern us today, such as the good of philosophy, the effects of religion, the persistence of tragedy, and the crisis of the humanities in an age of technology. Few scholars in modern times can match Kaufmann's range of interests, from philosophy and literature to intellectual history and comparative religion, from psychology and photography to art and architecture. Corngold provides a heartfelt portrait of a man who, to an extraordinary extent, transfigured his personal experience in the pages of his books.This original study, both appreciative and critical, is the definitive intellectual life of one of the twentieth century's most engaging yet neglected thinkers. It will introduce Kaufmann to a new generation of readers and serves as a fitting tribute to a scholar's incomparable libido sciendi, or lust for knowledge.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Abbreviations for Kaufmann Citations

Introduction

1. Nietzsche Redivivus

2. Raw Life

3. Cleaning the Stables

4. Transcending the Human

5. The Riches of the World

6. A Contempt for Popularity

7. Stories of Religion

8. Living with Hegel

9. The Philosophy of Tragedy

10. Tragedy as Philosophy

11. Against Decrepit Ideas

12. The Places of Religion

13. This Priceless Heritage

14. What Is Man's Lot?

15. Philosophy as Psychology

16. Opium of the Intellectuals

17. Unsubdued Quarrels

Epilogue

Postscript. Contra Nietzsche

Acknowledgments

Notes

Index

Notes:

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ISBN:

9780691184067

0691184062

OCLC:

1078913197