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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burnham, Douglas, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900. Jenseits von Gut und Böse--English.

Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm.

Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900--Criticism and interpretation.

Philosophy, Modern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 247 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Durham : Acumen Publishing, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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).

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-317-49360-5

1-317-49361-3

1-315-71199-0

1-282-94332-4

9786612943324

1-84465-383-8

9781315711997

OCLC:

741480328