On genius
Subtitle: affirmation and denial from Schopenhauer to Wittgenstein
By: Jerry S. Clegg.
Series: American university studies.; v. 158
Publisher: P. Lang; Lang AG International Academic Publishers, Peter
Published: 1994
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 211
Subjects: Genius.; Philosophy, German -- 19th century.; Philosophy, German -- 20th century.; Neoplatonism.
Description: One of the most significant events in European intellectual history of the last century and a half was the injection by Schopenhauer of a subjective brand of Neo-Platonism into Post-Kantian thought. This study first describes Schopenhauer's position by concentrating on his account of the Genius, and proceeds to trace reactions to that figure in the works of Nietzsche, Jung, Freud, and Wittgenstein.

The author's ambition is two fold: to resolve certain issues of interpretation regarding the positions of those following Schopenhauer, and to relate the history of a movement that encompassed both ordinary language philosophy, psychoanalysis, analytic psychology, and the work of Nietzsche.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.[205]-208) and index.