The soul of Nietzsche's Beyond good and evil / Maudemarie Clark, University of California, Riverside, and Colgate University, David Dudrick, Colgate University.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clark, Maudemarie, author.

Dudrick, David, 1972- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 282 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

The Soul of Nietzsche's <I>Beyond Good & Evil</I>

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book presents a provocative new interpretation of Beyond Good and Evil, arguably Nietzsche's most important work. The problem is that it appears to express merely a loosely connected set of often questionable opinions. Can Nietzsche really be an important philosopher if this is his most important book? Maudemarie Clark and David Dudrick address this question with a close reading that emphasizes how Nietzsche writes. They argue that the first part of Beyond Good and Evil presents coherent and interconnected arguments for subtle and well-thought-out positions on traditional issues. Nietzsche's infamous doctrine of the will to power turns out to be a compelling account of the structure and origin of the human soul. And although he rejects some aspects of traditional philosophy, Nietzsche's aim is to show how philosophy's traditional aspirations to seek both the true and the good can be fulfilled. Beyond Good and Evil turns out to be a major work of philosophy and Nietzsche's masterpiece.

Contents:

Cover; The Soul of Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Note on Texts and Citations; Introduction: Learning to Read Beyond Good and Evil; I.1 THE PROBLEM; I.2 TWO STRATEGIES; I.3 OUR PROJECT; PART ONE: THE WILL TO TRUTH AND THE WILL TO VALUE; 1 Setting the Stage: Nietzsche's Preface; 1.1 FIRST THEME: DOGMATISM IN ITS LAST THROES; 1.2 KANT AND SPIR ON DOGMATISM; 1.3 SECOND THEME: DIAGNOSIS OF.DOGMATISM'S FAILURE; 1.4 THIRD THEME: HOPE FOR THE FUTURE OF PHILOSOPHY; 2 The "Magnificent Tension of the Spirit"; 2.1 BGE 1: INTRODUCING THE WILL TO TRUTH

2.2 BGE 2: INTRODUCING THE WILL TO VALUE2.3 THE FUNCTION OF BGE 3 AND 4; 2.4 THE PUZZLES OF BGE 3 AND 4; 2.5 "MAN" AS THE MEASURE; 2.6 SOLVING THE PUZZLES OF BGE 3 AND 4; 2.7 CONCLUSION; 3 Philosophy and the Will to Value; 3.1 BGE 5: THE PREJUDICES AND VALUES OF PHILOSOPHERS; 3.2 BGE 10: SKEPTICAL ANTIREALISTS, POSITIVISTS, AND NIHILISTS; 3.3 BGE 11: KANT'S SUCCESSORS; 3.4 CONCLUSION; 4 Science and the Will to Truth; 4.1 BGE 14: EXPLANATION; 4.2 BGE 14: "BELIEF IN THE SENSES"; 4.3 BGE 15: PURSUING PHYSIOLOGY WITH A.CLEAR CONSCIENCE; 4.4 BGE 15: SENSUALISM AS A REGULATIVE HYPOTHESIS

4.5 THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: LANGE AND SPIRI. Lange; II. Spir; 4.6 CONCLUSION; 5 Reconciling the Will to Truth and the Will to Value; 5.1 PREFACE TO THE GAY SCIENCE: THE UNVEILED TRUTH; 5.2 GS 371 AND 372: THE "TENSION OF THE SPIRIT"; 5.3 GS 373 AND 374: VALUES AND INTENTIONALITY; 5.4 GS 373 AND 374: SPIR'S RELEVANCE; 5.5 GS 374: IN LIGHT OF SPIR; 5.6 THE UNVEILED TRUTH, REVISITED; PART TWO: THE WILL TO POWER; 6 Nietzsche's Soul; 6.1 BGE 6 AND 9: WILL TO POWER AND WILL TO VALUE; 6.2 BGE 6: TWO INTERPRETATIONS; 6.3 BGE 12: GOING "STILL FURTHER" THAN BOSCOVICH

6.4 BGE 12: AN "ANCIENT AND VENERABLE HYPOTHESIS"6.5 VALUES AND HUMAN MOTIVATION; 7 The Will; 7.1 BGE 19: THE PHENOMENOLOGY OF WILLING; 7.2 BGE 19: WILLING; 7.3 THE ERROR ATTACHED TO WILLING; 7.4 TWO KINDS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; 7.5 THE GENEALOGY OF POLITICAL ORDER; 7.6 CONCLUSION; 8 The Other Doctrines of the Will to Power; 8.1 BGE 13: LIFE AS WILL TO POWER; 8.2 BGE 22: PHYSICAL REALITY AS WILL TO POWER; 8.3 BGE 36: THE WORLD AS WILL TO POWER; 8.4 CONCLUSION; Conclusion; C.1 WHY DOES NIETZSCHE WRITE THE WAY HE DOES?; C.2 EDUCATION AND THE SOUL; Acknowledgments; Bibliography

I Nietzsche's WorksII Other Works; Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-139-53959-0

1-107-22540-X

1-283-52837-1

9786613840820

1-139-52677-4

1-139-52557-3

1-139-53143-3

1-139-03286-0

1-139-53024-0

1-139-52796-7

OCLC:

804664831