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 Logstrup, 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.

Introduction Susan Gottloeber 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 Gottloeber 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. Logstrup's Critique of Scheler's Ethics 1932 and Beyond Bjorn 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