Schopenhauer's Politics

Auteur
Jakob Norberg is Professor of German Studies at Duke University. He is the author of The Brothers Grimm and the Making of German Nationalism (2022) and articles in the Schopenhauer Yearbook and The Schopenhauerian Mind.

Résumé
By reconstructing and contextualizing Schopenhauer's key political ideas, this book challenges the common view that Schopenhauer is an apolitical philosopher. Schopenhauer believed that politics could help mitigate conflict and make existence more bearable, but never heal a fundamentally imperfect world.

Contenu
Introduction; 1. The independently wealthy Gentleman: Schopenhauer's political biography; 2. The World as war: Schopenhauer's political philosophy; 3. The politics of prudence: Schopenhauer on self-governance and statesmanship; 4. Beyond morality and politics: Schopenhauer's philosophy of sociability; 5. Schopenhauer's polemics: Kant, Hegel, and the young Hegelians; 6. The community of shame: Schopenhauer's critique of nationalism; 7. Schopenhauer's political world: European Monarchies, the American Republic, and imperial China; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.