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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778160903321

Autore

Reginster Bernard

Titolo

The affirmation of life [[electronic resource] ] : Nietzsche on overcoming nihilism / / Bernard Reginster

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA ; ; London, : Harvard University Press, 2008

ISBN

0-674-26658-7

0-674-04264-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (327 p.)

Disciplina

193

Soggetti

Ethics

Nihilism

Life

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-307) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter One. Nihilism -- Chapter Two. Overcoming Disorientation -- Chapter Three. The Will to Power -- Chapter Four. Overcoming Despair -- Chapter Five. The Eternal Recurrence -- Chapter Six. Dionysian Wisdom -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

While most recent studies of Nietzsche's works have lost sight of the fundamental question of the meaning of a life characterized by inescapable suffering, Bernard Reginster's book The Affirmation of Life brings it sharply into focus. Reginster identifies overcoming nihilism as a central objective of Nietzsche's philosophical project, and shows how this concern systematically animates all of his main ideas.