Axiological Illnesses : About the Dangerous Dimension of Values

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911026050303321
• Autore: Râmbu Nicolae
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Bradford : , : Ethics International Press Limited, , 2024; ©2024
• ISBN: 9781804417560; 9781804417553
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (179 pages)
• Soggetti: Nihilism; Existentialism
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Foreword -- Chapter 1 The Axiological Bankruptcy of Life0F( -- Abstract -- A new praise of folly -- A painful axiological dilemma: idealism or wisdom -- Conclusions -- Chapter 2 The Demonism of Creation in Goethe's Philosophy -- Abstract -- About a strange exorcise: The Elegy from Marienbad -- A book like a "postponed suicide" -- The demonism of creation40F -- Conclusions -- Chapter 3 Two Axiological Illnesses -- Abstract -- Axiological blindness -- The Tyranny of Values -- The axioclasm -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4 Nihilism as Axiological Illness85F( -- Abstract -- The Savior as Idiot -- Blessed Are Those Who Are Poor in Spirit? An Axiological Interpretation of a Mysterious Expresion -- Philosophy ss Convalescence Treatise -- Patients and Physicians of Culture -- Chapter 5 Puerilism: An Axiological Approach170F( -- Abstract -- A Necessary Distinction: Cultural Maladies and Axiological Maladies -- Puerilism as an Axiological Malady and its Symptoms -- Ecce Homo Patiens -- Chapter 6 Realism and Idealism in the Demonic Nature of Political Power229F( -- Concept of "Power Demonism" -- Creator of the "State as a Work of Art" -- Creativity of Actions -- Conclusion -- Chapter 7 Iconostrophia of the Spirit258F( -- Abstract -- About a Certain "Lebensgefühl" of Orthodoxy -- The Icon as an Expression of the Sophianic Feeling of Life -- Conclusions -- Chapter 8 Kant's Aesthetic Ideas as Axiological ; Memory -- Abstract -- Aesthetic ideas as values -- The Artist of Axiological Memory -- Conclusion -- Chapter 9 The Conventional Lie: An Almost Forgotten Concept -- Abstract -- Pia fraus -- The religious lie -- The matrimonial lie -- The political lie -- Conclusions -- Chapter 10 Axiological Interpretation: To Rediscover an Important Hermeneutical Concept -- Abstract -- Ideal type as a hermeneutic instrument -- The birth of the hermeneutics of values.; Conclusions -- Chapter 11 Catastrophic Idealism: The case of Fichte -- De-demonization of the political power -- The myth of the 19th century -- The Idea as a weapon -- Conclusions.
• Sommario/riassunto: Axiology can be summarised as the branch of philosophy which studies the nature of value and values. In this collection, Professor Nicolae Râmbu addresses axiology through the lens of 'illnesses' - drawing on philosophical works from Kant, Nietzsche, Hildebrand, and Fichte; and the literature of Dostoevsky, Goethe, Shakespeare and Machiavelli, amongst many others. The common element among the collection is the explosive nature of values. This book serves as a warning that such sublime things as values can sometimes become so dangerous that they can destroy lives or even entire civilizations. It will be a valuable addition to any library supporting teaching and study in philosophy and the humanities.