{"product_id":"schopenhauers-politics-hardback-9781009491549","title":"Schopenhauer's Politics (Hardback) 9781009491549","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSchopenhauer's Politics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBy reconstructing and contextualizing Schopenhauer's key political ideas, this book challenges the common view that he is an apolitical philosopher.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJakob Norberg (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009491549, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 23 January 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e295 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.8 x 2.1 cm, 0.59 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Schopenhauer's Politics is utterly essential reading for anyone interested in Schopenhauer's significance as a political thinker. It is the first book fully to do justice to the manifold political dimensions of Schopenhauer's life and thought, which have been overlooked by scholars for far too long. Norberg's trenchant analysis of Schopenhauer's politics is presented with the highest degree of insight, clarity, and originality.' David Bather-Woods, University of Warwick\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eArthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860) lived through an era of great political turmoil, but previous assessments of his political thought have portrayed him as a pessimistic observer with no constructive solutions to offer. By assembling and contextualizing Schopenhauer's dispersed comments on political matters, this book reveals that he developed a distinct conception of politics. In opposition to rising ideological movements such as nationalism or socialism, Schopenhauer denied that politics can ever bring about universal emancipation or fraternal unity. Instead, he viewed politics as a tool for mitigating rather than resolving the conflicts of a fundamentally imperfect world. Jakob Norberg's fascinating book reconstructs Schopenhauer's political ideas and shows how they relate to the dominant debates and trends during the period in which he lived. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. The independently wealthy Gentleman: Schopenhauer's political biography\u003cbr\u003e 2. The World as war: Schopenhauer's political philosophy\u003cbr\u003e 3. The politics of prudence: Schopenhauer on self-governance and statesmanship\u003cbr\u003e 4. Beyond morality and politics: Schopenhauer's philosophy of sociability\u003cbr\u003e 5. Schopenhauer's polemics: Kant, Hegel, and the young Hegelians\u003cbr\u003e 6. The community of shame: Schopenhauer's critique of nationalism\u003cbr\u003e 7. Schopenhauer's political world: European Monarchies, the American Republic, and imperial China\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Western%20philosophy:%20c%201600%20to%20c%201900%20%5BHPCD%5D%22\"\u003eHPCD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52515807822104,"sku":"9781009491549","price":78.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/schopenhauers-politics-hardback-9781009491549","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}