Value in modernity the philosophy of existential modernism in Nietzsche, Scheler, Sartre, Musil / Peter Poellner.

Author/creator Poellner, Peter
Other author Oxford University Press.
Format Electronic
EditionFirst edition.
Publication InfoOxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, United States of America, 2022.
Descriptionviii, 372 pages ; 24 cm
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Portion of title Philosophy of existential modernism in Nietzsche, Scheler, Sartre, Musil
Abstract "This book identifies a historical paradigm in ethics that has been largely ignored in more recent philosophy. I call this paradigm existential modernism and discuss its central claims through detailed examination of the thought of four of its main exponents: Friedrich Nietzsche, Max Scheler, Jean-Paul Sartre and Robert Musil. In the case of Nietzsche and Sartre, I offer novel interpretations, reconstructing lines of thought in their work that have usually been neglected. Scheler's subtle phenomenological version of affective value intuitionism is a crucial influence on Sartre's existentialism, but has so far received virtually no reception in an anglophone context at all. In the case of Musil, while his thought on emotions and moods in The Man without Qualities has begun to receive some philosophical recognition in recent years, the significance of the philosophical core of this seminal work has so far also not been fully appreciated. In my interpretation, what we find in the existential modernists is an approach in ethical philosophy that combines a qualified form of affective value intuitionism and a kind of ethical perfectionism. I reconstruct a version of this approach that, I argue, has much to recommend it"-- Provided by publisher.
General noteMinimal Level Cataloging Plus.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 359-368) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2021949863
ISBN9780192849731 (hardback)

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