Kategoria BISAC: Philosophy >> Individual Philosophers

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) supported the unification of Europe and reflected on this like few other philosophers before or after him. Many ofhis works are concerned with the present state and future of European culture and humanity. Resisting the "nationalist nonsense" and "politics of dissolution" of his day, he advocated the birth of "good Europeans," i.e. "supra-national" individuals and the "amalgamation of nations."
Nietzsche, Wagner, Europe analyzes the development of Friedrich Nietzsche's ideal of European culture based on his musical aesthetics. It does so...

"Plato was more than a philosopher; he was a master of literary composition who frequently wrote in a colorful style. At the heart of his work there is material as definitively philosophical as anything in the most technical works in the twenty-four centuries that have followed his pioneering labors." from the Introduction

A Plato Primer introduces students and general readers to the main theses, concepts, and arguments in Plato's philosophy. Plato's thought subtle, versatile, and multifaceted extends over many decades of composition and many philosophical topics, making it...

Der Band versammelt Aufsatze, die die Bedeutung der Kategorie des Unbewussten fur Nietzsches Philosophieren facettenreich herausarbeiten und fur Analysen dilemmatischer Bestimmungen des Humanen in der Moderne fruchtbar machen. Die Perspektiven der Beitrage reichen dabei von der Kritik an der Bewusstseinsphilosophie mit ihren Folgen fur die Erkenntnis-, Moral-, Kultur- und Religionskritik bis hin zu Fragen der Literaturtheorie, Asthetik und den psychischen Energien in den Kunsten sowie zur Anthropologie, den Kognitionswissenschaften, Gender-Studies, zur Psychologie und Psychoanalyse.