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Nietzsche's Struggle Against Pessimism by Patrick Hassan (2023, Hardcover)

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On what grounds could life be made worth living, given its abundant suffering?. Patrick Hassan's book seeks to correct this.

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PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-101009380273

ISBN-139781009380270

eBay Product ID (ePID)24061237209

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Book TitleNietzsche's Struggle Against Pessimism

Number of Pages284 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicHistory & Surveys / Modern

Publication Year2023

IllustratorYes

GenrePhilosophy

AuthorPatrick Hassan

FormatHardcover

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Item Height0.8 in

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width6.2 in

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LCCN2023-029279

Dewey Edition23

Reviews'Nietzsche's critique of pessimism has often been framed as a response to Schopenhauer. Hassan usefully expounds the wider intellectual context and shows philosophical sensitivity in reconstructing the thought of the now-lesser-known figures that Nietzsche was in dialogue with, beyond just Schopenhauer.' Andrew Huddleston, University of Warwick, 'In place of a superficial acceptance or rejection, Patrick Hassan nuances in a fruitful and quite original way Nietzsche's critical engagement with the varieties and historical iterations of pessimism. A rare combination of historical erudition and analytic precision, this is an essential book on a core topic in Nietzsche studies.' Anthony Jensen, Providence College

Dewey Decimal149.6

Table Of ContentIntroduction; Part I. Nietzsche's Intellectual Context & Early Reception of Pessimism: 1. The varieties of pessimism; 2. Nietzsche's initial engagement with pessimism; Part II. The Beginnings of Change: Pessimism in Human All Too Human: 3. Nietzsche's new naturalism; 4. 'Bad news for priests': scientific progress and suffering; Part III. Nietzsche's mature rejection of the 'Pessimism of Sensibility': 5. A psychological critique; 6. An existential critique; 7. A perfectionist critique; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

SynopsisOn what grounds could life be made worth living, given its abundant suffering? Friedrich Nietzsche was among many who attempted to answer this question. While always seeking to resist pessimism, Nietzsche's strategy for doing so, and the extent to which he was willing to concede conceptual grounds to pessimists, shifted dramatically over time. His reading of pessimists such as Eduard von Hartmann, Olga Plümacher, and Julius Bahnsen--as well as their critics, such as Eugen Dühring and James Sully--has been under-explored in the secondary literature, isolating him from his intellectual context. Patrick Hassan's book seeks to correct this. After closely mapping Nietzsche's philosophical development on to the relevant axiological and epistemological issues, it disentangles his various critiques of pessimism, elucidating how familiar Nietzschean themes (e.g. eternal recurrence, aesthetic justification, will to power, and his critique of Christianity) can and should be assessed against this philosophical backdrop., On what grounds could life be made worth living given its abundant suffering? Friedrich Nietzsche was one among many who attempted to answer this question. This book attempts to disentangle Nietzsche's various critiques of pessimism, elucidating how familiar Nietzschean themes ought to be assessed against this philosophical backdrop.

LC Classification NumberB3317.H334 2023