This volume explores Max Scheler's role within the philosophical and sociological debates of his time into the 21st century. Scheler was an interpreter, a transmitter of, and respondent to the philosophical and sociological tradition. He was an interlocutor for his contemporaries, and an inspiration for subsequent and current debates in philosophy, psychology, and political thought. Both young and established scholars shed light on central and less investigated aspects of Scheler's thought, such as the question of moral facts, personal individuality, cosmopolitanism, and opportunities for intercultural understanding. The contributors delve into Scheler's influence on thinkers such as Tischner or Løgstrup, as well as his role as a key figure within Catholic thought. The book appeals to students and researchers while exploring how engaging with Scheler can benefit contemporary debates on embodiment, psychopathology, and value pluralism.

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Susan Gottlöber completed her Magister and PhD studies at Technische Universität Dresden, Germany. She is currently Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Maynooth University, Ireland, and served as the President of the Irish Philosophical Society from 2015 to 2018. Her main research interests are philosophical anthropology with a focus on inter-subjectivity, individuality, embodiment, and human nature in relation to technology. Her work also focuses on philosophy of toleration and value theory.

Inhalt

Introduction

Susan Gottlöber

Part One: New Perspectives

1 Chapter

Max Scheler and Concepts of the Tragic in European Philosophy of the Twentieth Century

Mikhail Khorkov

2 Chapter

Scheler's Anti-Representationalism: from Moral Illusions to Moral Facts

Gemmo Iocco

3 Chapter

Individual Destiny and Readiness for Self-Reorchestration. Exemplariness and Repentance as Overriding Keys to the Formation of Individuality

Bianca Bellini

4 Chapter

The World as 'Representation'. Scheler's Philosophy of Psychopathology

Roberta Guccinelli

5 Chapter

From Nationalism to Cosmopolitanism: Scheler's Political Trajectory

Zachary Davis

Part Two: Max Scheler as Interlocutor

6 Chapter

Value and Norm: Max Scheler's Material Value Ethics in Comparison with Windelband's Transcendent Value PhilosophyPluralism

Riku Yokoyama

7 Chapter

Erich Przywara's Critique of Max Scheler's Philosophy of Religion

Susan Gottlöber

8 Chapter

"A Manner Completely Incomparable to Every Knowledge Based on Experience." Scheler and Heidegger on the Philosophical Problem of Aging and Death

Christian Sternad

9 Chapter

K.E. Løgstrup's Critique of Scheler's Ethics 1932 and Beyond

Bjørn Rabjerg

Part Three: Max Scheler and Contemporary Thought

10 Chapter

The Redemption of Feeling: Non-Formal Ethics and Value Pluralism

Devin Fitzpatrick

11 Chapter

'Das Schema unseres Leibes'. Scheler's Forgotten Influence on the Contemporary Debate About Embodiment

Maria Chiara Bruttomesso

12 Chapter

'Ausgleich" and "Allmensch" in Confrontation with Contemporary Thought'

Eugene Kelly

13 Chapter

On The So Called 'Clash of Civilizations': Value Pluralism in the Light of Phenomenology

Roberta De Monticelli