In this second volume of a trilogy that represents a landmark
contribution to philosophy, psychology, and intellectual history,
Walter Kaufmann has selected three seminal figures of the modem
period who have radically altered our understanding of what it is
to be human. His interpretations of Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Buber
are lively, accessible, and penetrating, and in the best scholarly
tradition they challenge and revise accepted views.
After an introductory chapter on Kierkegaard and Schopenhauer,
with particular attention to the former's views on despair and the
latter's on insanity and repression, Kaufmann argues that Nietzsche
was the first great depth psychologist and shows how he
revolutionized human self-understanding. Nietzsche's psychology,
including his fascinating psychology of masks, is discussed fully
and expertly.
Heidegger's version of existentialism is herein subjected to a
devastating attack. After criticizing it, Kaufmann shows how the
same mentality finds expression in Heidegger's philosophy and in
his now-infamous pro-Nazi writings. Here, as in his portraits of
other major thinkers, the author's concern is to show that his
subjects are of one piece.
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