Philosophers behaving badly / Nigel Rodgers and Mel Thompson.

Author/creator Rodgers, Nigel
Other author Thompson, Mel, 1946-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLondon ; Chester Speings : Peter Owen Publishers ; Chester Springs, PA : Distributed in the USA by Dufour Editions,
Description240 p. ; 22 cm.
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Contents A cautionary note -- Introduction -- Jean-Jacques Rousseau : the philosopher as victim -- Arthur Schopenhauer : the rebarbative bodhisattva -- Friedrich Nietzsche : a sickly Übermensch -- Feature : Nietzsche and Nazism -- Bertrand Russell : the mathematics of human behaviour -- Ludwig Wittgenstein : anger and asceticism -- Martin Heidegger : magician, predator, peasant and Nazi -- Feature : The Héloïse complex -- Jean-Paul Sartre : intellectual tyranny, charm and bad faith -- Feature : Women philosophers behaving badly -- Michel Foucault : madness, sex and punishment -- Feature : Demetrius, philosopher king of Athens.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 229-232) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2005298660
ISBN0720612195 (pbk.)

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