The Tragedy of Optimism : Writings on Hermann Cohen
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Complete collection of Schwarzschild''s essays on the neo-Kantian Jewish philosopher Hermann Cohen.
Steven S. Schwarzschild (19241989) was arguably the leading expositor of German-Jewish philosopher Hermann Cohen (18421918), undertaking a lifelong effort to reintroduce Cohen''s thought into contemporary philosophical discourse. In The Tragedy of Optimism, George Y. Kohler brings together all of Schwarzschild''s work on Cohen for the first time. Schwarzschild''s readings of Cohen are unique and profound; he was conversant with both worlds that shaped Cohen''s thought, neo-Kantian German idealism and Jewish theology. The collection covers a wide range of subjects, from ethics, socialism, the concept of human selfhood, and the mathematics of the infinite to more explicitly Jewish themes. This volume includes two of Schwarzschild''s previously unpublished manuscripts and a scholarly introduction by Kohler. Schwarzschild shows that despite its seeming defeat by events of the twentieth century, Cohen''s optimism about human progress is a rational, indeed necessary, path to peace.
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