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Modern Philosophies of the Will

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How did the will come to dominate the self-understanding of the modern subject? What lies at the root of the megalomania of desire that defines human experience in the age of global technology? In Modern Philosophies of the Will, Reiner Schürmann traces a philosophical archeology of the willing subject from Ancient Greece into the 20th century.



Through a series of original readings of Kant, Schelling, Nietzsche, and Heidegger, Schürmann uncovers the strategic interplay of submission and command that sets the stage for the will's epochal "triumph," while hinting at possibilities of subverting its mastery over both the self and the world. With an appendix offering a polemical critique of Hannah Arendt's The Life of the Mind, as well as an editorial afterword contextualizing these lectures in Schürmann's broader work, this volume will be of value to specialist and student alike.

List of contents

7 Syllabus9 - 13 List of Abbreviations15 Edition Guidelines17 - 25 Historical Introduction (Reiner Schürmann)27 - 73 Part I: Rationality and Irrationality of the Will (Reiner Schürmann)75 - 108 Part II: The Ontological Turn in the Philosophy of the Will (Reiner Schürmann)109 - 115 Part III: Legislation and Transgression (Reiner Schürmann)117 - 124 Appendix: The Time of the Mind and the History of Freedom (Reiner Schürmann)125 - 153 Notes155 - 179 Afterword: The willing animal to whom nature must conform (Kieran Aarons, Francesco Guercio)181 - 189 Tentative Chronology of Reiner Schürmann's Courses at the New School for Social Research190 - 191 Lecture Notes of Reiner Schürmann at the NSSR- Pierre Adler's Inventory (1994)

About the author










Reiner Schürmann wurde 1941 in Amsterdam geboren und ver­brachte seine Kindheit und Jugend in Krefeld. Ab 1960 studierte er Philosophie in München, unterbrochen durch einen Aufenthalt in einem israelischen Kibbuz. 1961 trat er als Novize bei den Dominikanern in Frankreich ein und studierte von 1962-69 Theologie im Saulchoir, Essonne, bei Paris, unterbrochen durch einen Studienaufenthalt in Freiburg i. Br. bei Heidegger. 1970 wurde er zum Dominikanerpriester ordiniert, verließ den Orden 1975 jedoch wieder. Seit den frühen siebziger Jahren lebte Schürmann in den USA und wurde 1975 von Hannah Arendt und Hans Jonas an die New School for Social Research in New York berufen. 1993 starb Reiner Schürmann an Aids. Sein umfangreiches philosophisches Werk verfasste Schürmann in französischer Sprache.

Product details

Authors Reiner Guercio Schurmann, Reiner Schürmann
Assisted by Kieran Aarons (Editor), Francesco Guercio (Editor)
Publisher University Of Chicago Press
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 01.12.2020
 
EAN 9783035803075
ISBN 978-3-0-3580307-5
No. of pages 128
Series Reiner Schürmann Selected Writings and Lecture Notes
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Philosophy
Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology

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