Pessimism Philosophy, Ethic, Spirit

Name: Pessimism Philosophy, Ethic, Spirit
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ISBN: 9780691141121

ISBN-10: 0691141126

ISBN-13: 9780691141121

Edition: 2006

Authors: Joshua Foa Dienstag

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Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 3/24/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.17" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 1.056
Language: English

Joshua Foa Dienstag is Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is the author of "Dancing in Chains: Narrative and Memory in Political Theory".



Preface


Acknowledgments


Abbreviations






The Anatomy of Pessimism






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



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



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






Nietzsche's Dionysian Pessimism



Cervantes as Educator: Don Quixote and the Practice of Pessimism



Aphorisms and Pessimisms



Pessimism and Freedom (The Pessimist Speaks)


Afterword


Bibliography


Index