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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810671503321

Titolo

Nietzsche's Thus spoke Zarathustra : before sunrise / / edited by James Luchte

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; New York, : Continuum, 2008

ISBN

1-4725-4718-7

1-282-87117-X

9786612871177

1-4411-0740-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (230 p.)

Collana

Continuum Studies in Continental Philosophy

Disciplina

193

Soggetti

Superman (Philosophical concept)

Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [207]-210) and index

Nota di contenuto

List of Abbreviations -- Introduction, by James Luchte -- I. Of Method -- Graham Parkes: The Symphonic Structure of Nietzsche's Zarathustra -- Thomas Brobjer: Thus Spoke Zarathustra as Nietzsche's Autobiography -- Yunus Tuncel: Zarathustra in Nietzsche's Typology -- Peter Yates: The Three Metamorphoses and Philosophy -- II. Of Existence -- Friedrich Ulfers and Mark Cohen: Zarathustra, the Moment, and Eternal Recurrence of the Same: Nietzsche's Ontology of Time -- Paul Loeb: The Gateway-Augenblick -- Alan Wenham: Thus Spoke Zarathustra: The Hammer and the Greatest Weight -- III. Of Life -- Gudrun von Tevenar: Zarathustra on Freedom -- Arno Boehler: Nietzsche - On the Regenerative Character of Dispositions -- Uschi Nussbaumer-Benz: In Search of the Wellsprings of the Future and of New Origins -- Vanessa Lemm: Justice and Gift-Giving in Thus Spoke Zarathustra -- Notes on Contributors -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Nietzsche famously regarded Thus Spoke Zarathustra as his greatest work. However, despite Nietzsche's pervasive influence upon the philosopher and non-philosopher alike, and his own intense regard for Zarathustra, there has been relatively little serious study of Nietzsche's magnum opus. This book seeks to address this gap in the available



literature by taking Thus Spoke Zarathustra seriously, not only with respect to its impact on the interpretation of Nietzsche's philosophy, but also in light of the broader questions of the relationships between poetry, philosophy and existence. Fifteen leading Nietzsche scholars examine the structure, method, style and sources of Zarathustra as a philosophical text and its relationship to methodological and metaphilosophical questions amid the broader discussions of philosophy. The book also explores the implications of the philosophical questioning, interventions and teachings of Zarathustra with respect to both its negative engagement with the tradition and its attempt to set forth something new under the sun in its affirmative overcoming of nihilism