Schopenhauer's Porcupines
Title | Schopenhauer's Porcupines PDF eBook |
Author | Deborah Anna Luepnitz |
Publisher | Basic Books |
Total Pages | 294 |
Release | 2008-08-04 |
Genre | Psychology |
ISBN | 0786724285 |
The classic compilation of psychological case studies from a master clinician and lyrical writer Each generation of therapists can boast of only a few writers likeDeborah Luepnitz, whose sympathy and wit shine in her fine, luminous prose. In Schopenhauer's Porcupines, she recounts five true stories from her practice, stories of patients who range from the super-rich to the destitute, who grapple with panic attacks, psychosomatic illness, marital despair, and sexual recklessness. Intimate, original, and triumphantly funny, Schopenhauer's Porcupines goes further than any other book in illuminating "how talking helps."
Schopenhauer's Porcupines
Title | Schopenhauer's Porcupines PDF eBook |
Author | Deborah Anna Luepnitz |
Publisher | Basic Books (AZ) |
Total Pages | 300 |
Release | 2002-03-27 |
Genre | Psychology |
ISBN | 9780465042869 |
A series of fascinating stories about people in conflict with pain chronicles a wide range of patients as they struggle with panic attacks, psychosomatic illness, marital despair, and sexual recklessness, as well as other problems. 25,000 first printing.
The Birth of Tragedy
Title | The Birth of Tragedy PDF eBook |
Author | Friedrich Nietzsche |
Publisher | The Floating Press |
Total Pages | 172 |
Release | 2016-12-01 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1776673174 |
This classic work of creative criticism from German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche argues that ancient Greek drama represents the highest form of art ever produced. In the first section of the book, Nietzsche presents an in-depth analysis of Athenian tragedy and its many merits. In the second section, Nietzsche contrasts the refinement of classical tragedy with what he regards as the cultural wasteland of the nineteenth-century.
Kitsch and Art
Title | Kitsch and Art PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas Kulka |
Publisher | Penn State Press |
Total Pages | 148 |
Release | 2015-07-14 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 0271074183 |
What is kitsch? What is behind its appeal? More important, what is wrong with kitsch? Though central to our modern and postmodern culture, kitsch has not been seriously and comprehensively analyzed; its aesthetic worthlessness has been generally assumed but seldom explained. Kitsch and Art seeks to give this phenomenon its due by exploring the basis of artistic evaluation and aesthetic value judgments. Tomas Kulka examines kitsch in the visual arts, literature, music, and architecture. To distinguish kitsch from art, Kulka proposes that kitsch depicts instantly identifiable, emotionally charged objects or themes, but that it does not substantially enrich our associations relating to the depicted objects or themes. He then addresses the deceptive nature of kitsch by examining the makeup of its artistic and aesthetic worthlessness. Ultimately Kulka argues that the mass appeal of kitsch cannot be regarded as aesthetic appeal, but that its analysis can illuminate the nature of art appreciation.
The Schopenhauer Cure
Title | The Schopenhauer Cure PDF eBook |
Author | Irvin Yalom |
Publisher | Harper Collins |
Total Pages | 386 |
Release | 2009-10-13 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0061840882 |
From the internationally bestselling author of Love's Executioner and When Nietzsche Wept, comes a novel of group therapy with a cast of memorably wounded characters struggling to heal pain and change lives Suddenly confronted with his own mortality after a routine checkup, eminent psychotherapist Julius Hertzfeld is forced to reexamine his life and work -- and seeks out Philip Slate, a sex addict whom he failed to help some twenty years earlier. Yet Philip claims to be cured -- miraculously transformed by the pessimistic teachings of German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer -- and is, himself, a philosophical counselor in training. Philip's dour, misanthropic stance compels Julius to invite Philip to join his intensive therapy group in exchange for tutoring on Schopenhauer. But with mere months left, life may be far too short to help Philip or to compete with him for the hearts and minds of the group members. And then again, it might be just long enough.
Philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer
Title | Philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer PDF eBook |
Author | Arthur Schopenhauer |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 344 |
Release | 2013-10 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781494090319 |
This is a new release of the original 1949 edition.
The Philosophy of Schopenhauer
Title | The Philosophy of Schopenhauer PDF eBook |
Author | Bryan Magee |
Publisher | Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | 254 |
Release | 2017-07-22 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781973731276 |
The Philosophy of Schopenhauer By Bryan Magee