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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814601703321

Autore

Burnham Douglas.

Titolo

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

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 (xiii, 247 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

193

Soggetti

Philosophy, Modern

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

1. Nietzsche's Title and Preface -- 2. 'On the Prejudices of the Philosophers': A Critique of Metaphysical Ground (Part 1) -- 3. 'The Free Spirit': The Philosopher Realigned to Will-To-Power (Part 2) -- 4. The Nature of Religion: Beyond Nihilism, Towards The Immanent Ideal (Part 3) -- 5. 'Epigrams and Entr'actes' (Part 4) -- 6. The Natural History of Morality: Development of Affects and Reactions (Part 5) -- 7. We Scholars: Science as the 'Hammer' of Philosophy (Part 6) -- 8. Our Virtues: Honesty & the 'Democratic Mixing' of Peoples, Classes, Genders (Part 7) -- 9. Peoples & Fatherlands: Towards the Political Task of Philosophy in Europe (Part 8) -- 10. What is Noble?: Past and Future Aristocracies (Part 9).

Sommario/riassunto

Beyond Good and Evil is one of the classics of western philosophy. Pithy, lyrical and densely complex, it 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. As a concise and comprehensive statement of Nietzsche's mature philosophy, it has



served many readers as the point of entry into Nietzsche's work as a whole.  Reading Nietzsche is an authoritative, insightful and detailed examination of this landmark text. It explains the central concepts, the range of Nietzsche's concerns, and highlights Nietzsche's writing strategies that are key to understanding his work and his processes of thought. In its close analysis of the text, Reading Nietzsche reassesses this most creative of philosophers and presents a significant contribution to the study of his thought. In setting this analysis within a comprehensive exposition of Nietzsche's ideas, the book serves as a guide both to Beyond Good and Evil and to Nietzsche's philosophy more generally.