The Cambridge Companion to Nietzsche (Cambridge Companions to Philosophy) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521367670 ISBN 13: 9780521367677

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1996

Synopsis

The opening essay of this Companion provides a chronologically organized introduction to and summary of Nietzsche's published works, while also providing an overview of their basic themes and concerns. It is followed by three essays on the appropriation and misappropriation of his writings, and a group of essays exploring the nature of Nietzsche's philosophy and its relation to the modern and postmodern world. The final contributions consider Nietzsche's influence on the twentieth century in Europe, the United States and Asia.

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Book Description:

A chronological introduction to Nietzsche's published works is followed by three essays on the appropriation of his writings, and a group of essays exploring his philosophy's relation to the modern world. Final contributions consider Nietzsche's influence on the twentieth century in Europe, the U.S. and Asia.

From the Back Cover:

The significance of Friedrich Nietzsche for twentieth-century culture is now no longer a matter of dispute. He was quite simply one of the most influential of modern thinkers. His attempts to unmask the root motives underlying traditional Western philosophy, morality, and religion have deeply affected subsequent generations of philosophers, theologians, psychologists, poets, novelists, and playwrights. Nietzsche thought through the consequences of the triumph of Enlightenment secularism and in so doing laid the foundations for the philosophical agenda of the twentieth century, the 'post-Nietzschean age.'

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0521367670
• ISBN 13: 9780521367677
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 416
• Editor: Magnus Bernd, Higgins Kathleen