The New Cambridge Companion to Nietzsche
The New Cambridge Companion to Nietzsche
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) remains one of the most challenging, influential and controversial figures in the history of philosophy. The New Cambridge Companion to Nietzsche provides a comprehensive and up-to-date guide to his most difficult ideas, including the will to power and the affirmation of life, as well as his treatment of truth, science, art and history. An accessible introduction sets out the nineteenth-century background of Nietzsche's life and work. Individual chapters are devoted to significant texts such as The Birth of Tragedy, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Beyond Good and Evil and On the Genealogy of Morality. Other chapters explore major influences such as Wagner and Schopenhauer, as well as examining Nietzsche's reception and investigating his enduring and often divisive legacy. The volume will be valuable for readers seeking to enhance their understanding of Nietzsche's philosophy and of his role in the development of Western thought.
- Chapters treat key themes and works as well as Nietzsche's influences and reception
- A thorough introduction provides comprehensive background for readers seeking a context for Nietzsche's philosophy
- World-leading authors present accessible yet detailed coverage of his thinking
Reviews & endorsements
'… all the essays are of high quality, and combined they provide a generally fine overview of the lay of the scholarly land. This is an excellent resource for nonspecialists … Recommended.' M. Harding, Choice
‘… the volume marks an important step in Nietzsche scholarship …’ Stavros Patoussis, The Agonist
Product details
June 2019Paperback
9781316613863
464 pages
228 × 152 × 25 mm
0.67kg
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Table of Contents
- Introduction: Nietzsche's life and works Tom Stern
- Part I. Influences and Interlocutors:
- 1. What Nietzsche did and did not read Andreas Urs Sommer
- 2. Nietzsche's untimely antiquity James I. Porter
- 3. Schopenhauer: Nietzsche's antithesis and source of inspiration Robert Wicks
- 4. Nietzsche and Wagner Mark Berry
- 5. On Nietzsche's legacy Stephen Mulhall
- Part II. Selected Texts:
- 6. The birth of tragedy: transfiguration through art Paul Raimond Daniels
- 7. Zarathustra: Nietzsche's rendezvous with eternity Dirk R. Johnson
- 8. Figurative philosophy in Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil Robert B. Pippin
- 9. Nietzsche's On the Genealogy of Morality: moral injury and transformation Christa Davis Acampora
- Part III. Truth, History and Science:
- 10. Nietzsche and the truth of history Anthony K. Jensen
- 11. Nietzsche, truth, and naturalism Christian J. Emden
- 12. Nietzsche on the arts and sciences Sebastian Gardner
- Part IV. Will, Value and Culture:
- 13. The Will to Power Lawrence J. Hatab
- 14. Nietzsche's ethics of affirmation Tom Stern
- 15. Nietzsche on free will Michael N. Forster
- 16. Nietzsche's Germans Raymond Geuss.
