Introduction
1: The Schopenhauer Legacy
2: Schopenhauer's Metaphysics
3: Schopenhauer's Pessimism
4: The Illusion of Redemption
5: Julius Frauenstädt: Apostle and Critic
6: The Optimism of Eugen Dühring
7: The Optimistic Pessimism of Eduard von Hartmann
8: The Pessimism Controversy, 1870-1890
9: Mainländer's Philosophy of Redemption
10: The Pessimistic Worldview of Julius Bahnsen
Bibliography
Frederick C. Beiser was born and raised in the US, and studied in
the UK at Oriel and Wolfson Colleges, Oxford. He also studied in
Germany and lived in Berlin for many years, receiving stipends from
the Fritz Thyssen Stiftung and the Humboldt Stiftung. He has taught
in universities across the US, and is currently Professor of
Philosophy at Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York. Beiser is
the author of Schiller as Philosopher (OUP, 2005), Diotima's
Children (OUP, 2009), The German Historicist Tradition (OUP, 2011),
Late German Idealism (OUP, 2013), and The Genesis of
Neo-Kantianism, 1796-1880 (OUP, 2014).
Beisers book is delightful, clear and thorough. It is written in
the best style of historians of philosophy.
*Sergio Valverde, Phenomenological Reviews*
Beiser has made an important contribution to our understanding of
nineteenth-century German philosophy that should be required
reading of anyone who seeks to understand the full story of the
German philosophical tradition in this century. It paints a
detailed, rich, fascinating picture of a hitherto forgotten
controversy, and one that deals with issues of value and meaning in
life that touch us all.
*Sandra Shapshay, Notre Dame Philosophical Review*
Overall, this is another excellent book by Beiser, unearthing
another major, overlooked controversy in the history of philosophy,
with a cast of insightful philosophers making arguments that
deserve continued attention. Throughout, Beiser balances
accessibility to non-specialists and substantive engagement with
important secondary literature on Schopenhauer. He not only
explains the views of the participants in this great philosophical
drama, but inserts himselfand his readersinto that drama. He
describes systems, arguments, and objections so richly that I often
found myself interjecting my own thoughts about how one or another
philosopher might respond to various objections.
*Patrick R. Frierson, Journal of the History of Philosophy*
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