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From Shakespeare to Existentialism Essays on Shakespeare and Goethe; Hegel and Kierkegaard; Nietzsche, Rilke and Freud; Jaspers, Heidegger, and Toynbee
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kaufmann, Walter, 1921-1980.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Philosophy, Modern.
- Philosophy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (478 pages) : illustrations
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2021
- Place of Publication:
- London, Faber and Faber 1959.
- Summary:
- A companion volume to his Critique of Religion and Philosophy, this book offers Walter Kaufmann's critical interpretations of some of the great minds in Western philosophy, religion, and literature.
- Contents:
- 1. Shakespeare: between Socrated and Existentialism
- 2. Dialogue with a Critic
- 3. Shakespeare versus Goethe
- 4. Goethe and the history of ideas
- 5. Goethe's faith and Faust's redemption
- 6. Goethe versus romanticism
- 7. The Hegel myth and its method
- 8. The young Hegel and religion
- 9. Hegel: Contribution and Calamity
- 10. Kierkegaard
- 11. How Nietzsche Revolutionized Ethics
- 12. Nietzsche and Rilke
- 13. Art, tradition, and truth
- 14. Philosophy versus poetry
- 15. Jaspers' realtion to Nietzsche
- 16. Freud
- 17. Heidegger's castle
- 18. German thought after World War II
- 19. Toynbee and super-History
- 20. Toynbee and religion.
- Notes:
- Originally published under title: From Shakespeare to existentialism.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [429]-443) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780691216126
- 0691216126
- OCLC:
- 1227050189
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