Reading Nietzsche : an analysis of Beyond good and evil / / Douglas Burnham

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910459505303321
• Autore: Burnham Douglas.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2014
• ISBN: 1-317-49360-5; 1-317-49361-3; 1-315-71199-0; 1-282-94332-4; 9786612943324; 1-84465-383-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (262 p.)
• Disciplina: 193
• Soggetti: Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: First published 2007 by Acumen.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; 1. Nietzsche's Title and Preface; 2. ""On the Prejudices of the Philosophers"": A Critique of Metaphysical Ground (Part 1 1-23); Discussion of Perspective and Interpretation I; Discussion of Affect; Discussion of Perspective and Interpretation II; 3. ""The Free Spirit"": The Philosopher Realigned to Will to Power (Part 2 24-44); Discussion of Appearance; Disscussion of Will to Power; 4. The Nature of Religion: Beyond Nihilism, Towards the Immanent Ideal (Part 3 45-62); Discussion of the ""Slave Revolt in Morality""; Discussion of Eternal Recurrence5. ""Epigrams and Entr'actes"" (Part 4 63-185); 6. The Natural History of Morality: The Development of Affects and Reactions (Part 5 186-203); Discussion of Nature; Discussion of Notion of Pity (or ""Compassion""); 7. We Scholars: Science as the ""Hammer"" of Philosophy (Part 6 204-13); 8. Our Virtues: Honesty and the ""Democratic Mixing"" of Peoples, Classes, Genders (Part 7 214-39); Discussion of Nietzsche on Women; 9. Peoples and Fatherlands: Towards the Political Task of Philosophy in Europe (Part 8 240-56); Discussion of Politics; 10. What is Noble? Past and Future Aristocracies (Part 9 257-96)Discussion of Style; 11. From High Mountains: Aftersong; Glossary; Selected Further Reading; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: ""Beyond Good and Evil"" is a concise and comprehensive statement of Nietzsche's mature philosophy and is an ideal entry point into Nietzsche's work as a whole. Pithy, lyrical and densely complex, ""Beyond Good and Evil"" demands that its readers are already familiar with key Nietzschean concepts - such as the will-to-power, perspectivism or eternal recurrence - and are able to leap with Nietzschean agility from topic to topic, across metaphysics, psychology, religion, morality and politics. ""Reading Nietzsche"" explains the key concepts, the range of Nietzsche's concerns, and highlights Niet