Unpublished Fragments from the Period of Dawn (Winter 1879/80Spring 1881) (Paperback)

Friedrich Nietzsche

ISBN 10: 1503636984 / ISBN 13: 9781503636989

Published by Stanford University Press, Palo Alto, 2023

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Paperback. This volume provides the first English translation of Nietzsche's unpublished notes from late 1879 to early 1881, the period in which he authored Dawn, the second book in the trilogy that began with Human, All Too Human and concluded with The Joyful Science.In these fragments, we see Nietzsche developing the conceptual triad of morals, customs, and ethics, which undergirds his critique of morality as the reification into law or dogma of conceptions of good and evil. Here, Nietzsche assesses Christianity's role in the determination of moral values as the highest values and of redemption as the representation of humanity's highest aspirations. These notes show the resulting tension between Nietzsche's contrasting thoughts on modernity, which he critiques as an unrecognized aftereffect of the Christian worldview, but also views as the springboard to "the dawn" of a transformed humanity and culture. The fragments further allow readers insight into Nietzsche's continuous internal debate with exemplary figures in his own life and culture-Napoleon, Schopenhauer, and Wagner-who represented challenges to hitherto existing morals and culture-challenges that remained exemplary for Nietzsche precisely in their failure. Presented in Nietzsche's aphoristic style, Dawn is a book that must be read between the lines, and these fragments are an essential aid to students and scholars seeking to probe this work and its partners. This volume provides the first English translation of Nietzsche's unpublished notes from late 1879 to early 1881, the period in which he authored Dawn, the second book in the trilogy that began with Human, All Too Human and concluded with The Joyful Science. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Unpublished Fragments from the Period of Dawn (Winter 1879/80Spring 1881) (Paperback)
• Publisher: Stanford University Press, Palo Alto
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1503636984
• ISBN 13: 9781503636989
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

This volume provides the first English translation of Nietzsche's unpublished notes from late 1879 to early 1881, the period in which he authored Dawn, the second book in the trilogy that began with Human, All Too Human and concluded with The Joyful Science.

  In these fragments, we see Nietzsche developing the conceptual triad of morals, customs, and ethics, which undergirds his critique of morality as the reification into law or dogma of conceptions of good and evil. Here, Nietzsche assesses Christianity's role in the determination of moral values as the highest values and of redemption as the representation of humanity's highest aspirations. These notes show the resulting tension between Nietzsche's contrasting thoughts on modernity, which he critiques as an unrecognized aftereffect of the Christian worldview, but also views as the springboard to "the dawn" of a transformed humanity and culture. The fragments further allow readers insight into Nietzsche's continuous internal debate with exemplary figures in his own life and culture―Napoleon, Schopenhauer, and Wagner―who represented challenges to hitherto existing morals and culture―challenges that remained exemplary for Nietzsche precisely in their failure.

  Presented in Nietzsche's aphoristic style, Dawn is a book that must be read between the lines, and these fragments are an essential aid to students and scholars seeking to probe this work and its partners.

About the Author

J. M. Baker, Jr. is Associate Professor Emeritus and former Dean of Liberal Arts at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Christiane Hertel is Professor Emeritus in the History of Art Department at Bryn Mawr College. Her most recent book is Siting China in Germany: Eighteenth-century Chinoiserie and its Modern Legacy (2019).