The Hidden Meinong, 1853-1875 - (Studien Zur Österreichischen Philosophie) by Venanzio Raspa (Hardcover)

About the Book

This book offers the first study of the young Meinong, his concern with politics, education and religion in Vienna in the second half of the 19th century, together with an analysis of the historical and cultural context of that time.

Book Synopsis

This book tells several stories: from Alexius Meinong's life up to his university years, stories about the social, political and cultural environment where he grew up, stories that he tells in his oeuvre--the story of Arnold of Brescia, of the Jesuit order, of education in Austria and moments of Austrian history in the 19th century. This book is about history, politics, religion and education, and it is about 'that arch-plague nationalism which has poisoned the flower of our European culture' (Stefan Zweig, The World of Yesterday).

About the Author

Venanzio Raspa, Ph.D. (1996), is Professor of Theoretical Philosophy at the University of Urbino. His scholarly interests include metaphysics, aesthetics, the history and philosophy of logic. He has published on the relations between logic and ontology, Aristotelian logic and modern logic, classical German philosophy, and Austrian philosophy (Meinong, Twardowski and Bolzano).