{"product_id":"better-consciousness-9781405192941","title":"Better Consciousness","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBetter Consciousness: Schopenhauer''s Philosophy of Value\u003c\/i\u003e reassesses Schopenhauer''s aesthetics and ethics and their contemporary relevance.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures a collection of new essays from leading Schopenhauer scholars\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores a relatively neglected area of Schopenhauer''s philosophy\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers a new perspective on a great thinker who crystallized the pessimism of the nineteenth century and has many points of contact with twenty-first century thought\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface.  \u003cp\u003e 1. Schopenhauer's Philosophy of Value (\u003ci\u003eChristopher Janaway, University of Southampton, UK and Alex Neill, University of Southampton, UK\u003c\/i\u003e).  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 2. Back to Truth: Knowledge and Pleasure in the Aesthetics of Schopenhauer (\u003ci\u003ePaul Guyer, University of Pennsylvania, USA\u003c\/i\u003e).  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 3. Aesthetic Experience in Schopenhauer’s Metaphysics of Will (\u003ci\u003eAlex Neill, University of Southampton, UK\u003c\/i\u003e).  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 4. Schopenhauer on Aesthetic Understanding and the Values of Art (\u003ci\u003eBart Vandenabeele, Universiteit Gent, Belgium\u003c\/i\u003e).  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 5. Poetic Intuition and the Bounds of Sense: Metaphor and Metonymy in Schopenhauer’s Philosophy (\u003ci\u003eSandra Shapshay, Indiana University – Bloomington, USA\u003c\/i\u003e).  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 6. Life is but a mirror: On the connection between ethics, metaphysics and character in Schopenhauer (\u003ci\u003eMatthias Koßler, Johannes-Gutenberg Universität, Germany\u003c\/i\u003e).  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 7. Knowledge and Selflessness: Schopenhauer and the Paradox of Reflection (\u003ci\u003eBernard Reginster, Brown University, USA\u003c\/i\u003e).  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 8. Natural Beauty and Optimism in Schopenhauer’s Aesthetics (\u003ci\u003eRobert Wicks, University of Auckland, New Zealand\u003c\/i\u003e).  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 9. Compassion and Solidarity with Sufferers: The Metaphysics of Mitleid (\u003ci\u003eDavid E. Cartwright, University of Wisconsin - Whitewater\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e, USA\u003c\/i\u003e).  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 10. Schopenhauer’s Politics: Ethics, Jurisprudence and The State (\u003ci\u003eJulian Young, University of Auckland, New Zealand\u003c\/i\u003e).  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 11. Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Death and Salvation (\u003ci\u003eNeil Jordan, Godalming, UK\u003c\/i\u003e).  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Index.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49529339117911,"sku":"9781405192941","price":19.71,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405192941.jpg?v=1731875234","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/better-consciousness-9781405192941","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}