‘Eadem, sed aliter’: Arthur Schopenhauer as a Critic of ‘Progress’
2015; Routledge; Volume: 41; Issue: 7 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/01916599.2014.991143
ISSN1873-541X
Autores Tópico(s)Schopenhauer and Stefan Zweig
ResumoSummaryScholars have tended to overlook the political import of the ideas of Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860). This is perhaps unsurprising, since Schopenhauer himself was not a political philosopher and wrote relatively little about political matters. But Schopenhauer's near-silence on political topics should warrant our attention: why would a systematic philosopher, who made lasting contributions in metaphysics, ethics, and aesthetics, devote so little attention to politics? Connecting his political thought with his philosophy of history, I argue that Schopenhauer can best be regarded as a critic of the idea of progress, especially ‘progress’ conceived of as national development or the growth of the state.
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