In the third and fourth books of Unfashionable Observations , Schopenhauer and Wagner are held up as paradigmatic role models. Schopenhauer's philosophical ethos is portrayed as a forward-looking alternative to the scholarly figure of the epoch, while Wagner's Bayreuth project is revealed as a utopia of cultural renewal. This work comments on both books for the first time in their historical context.

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Barbara Neymeyr, Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Österreich.