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Author | : Joe Bailey |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 201 |
Release | : 2013-11-26 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1136085408 |
First Published in 1988. Pessimism is a peculiar idea. It is either seen as a psychological problem or as a metaphysical issue, but in neither sense is it treated as useful or illuminating or in any way relevant to our understanding of the world. It is the thesis of this book that pessimism and optimism are unavoidable kinds of social judgment of the future which we all display and act upon.
Author | : Joe Bailey |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 187 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780415002479 |
Author | : Arthur Schopenhauer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 142 |
Release | : 1893 |
Genre | : Pessimism |
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Author | : Arthur 1788-1860 Schopenhauer |
Publisher | : Wentworth Press |
Total Pages | : 148 |
Release | : 2016-08-28 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781372074233 |
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author | : Arthur Schopenhauer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 150 |
Release | : 1892 |
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Author | : Joshua Foa Dienstag |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 313 |
Release | : 2009-02-17 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1400827485 |
Pessimism claims an impressive following--from Rousseau, Schopenhauer, and Nietzsche, to Freud, Camus, and Foucault. Yet "pessimist" remains a term of abuse--an accusation of a bad attitude--or the diagnosis of an unhappy psychological state. Pessimism is thought of as an exclusively negative stance that inevitably leads to resignation or despair. Even when pessimism looks like utter truth, we are told that it makes the worst of a bad situation. Bad for the individual, worse for the species--who would actually counsel pessimism? Joshua Foa Dienstag does. In Pessimism, he challenges the received wisdom about pessimism, arguing that there is an unrecognized yet coherent and vibrant pessimistic philosophical tradition. More than that, he argues that pessimistic thought may provide a critically needed alternative to the increasingly untenable progressivist ideas that have dominated thinking about politics throughout the modern period. Laying out powerful grounds for pessimism's claim that progress is not an enduring feature of human history, Dienstag argues that political theory must begin from this predicament. He persuasively shows that pessimism has been--and can again be--an energizing and even liberating philosophy, an ethic of radical possibility and not just a criticism of faith. The goal--of both the pessimistic spirit and of this fascinating account of pessimism--is not to depress us, but to edify us about our condition and to fortify us for life in a disordered and disenchanted universe.
Author | : Arthur Schopenhauer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 152 |
Release | : 1908 |
Genre | : Pessimism |
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Author | : Joe Bailey |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 197 |
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ISBN | : 9780598027610 |
Author | : Robert Benjamin Bailey |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 172 |
Release | : 2012-12-06 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9401508593 |
My initial interest in sociology stemmed from the desire to see specific social change in certain areas of my native United States of America. My rather naive assumption at that time was that if the truth is known about social phenomena and presented to rational and educated persons, public opinion will bring about the desirable social change. That is, I assumed some automatic linkage between truth, rationality and social progress. Certainly some of the so-called "pioneers" of sociology also assumed this automatic linkage. Thus, the opportunity to study in Europe, on the soil of some of these "pioneers" heightened my interest and desire to learn more about the relationship between sociology and social progress. After living and studying several years in various parts of Western Europe - England, Germany, France, Holland - one finds that European sociology has remained very closely associ ated with social philosophy and history, has often been resisted by the universities, and is not as empirical as American sociology. The European sociologist, still quite conscious of the mistakes of the early fathers - Comte, Spencer, Marx, among others - is extremely cautious concerning problems of social progress and social action. He is aware that his science is still young and sus pect. He is also less sure than his predecessors about the exact role of sociology.
Author | : Arthur 1788-1860 Schopenhauer |
Publisher | : Wentworth Press |
Total Pages | : 148 |
Release | : 2016-08-28 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781372074264 |
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.