Paul E. Kirkland

Nietzsche's Noble Aims

Affirming Life, Contesting Modernity

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This innovative volume presents an account of Nietzsche's claims about noble, life-affirming ways of life, analyzes the source of such claims, and explores the political vision that springs from them. The result is an illuminating discussion of how through his philosophical confrontation with modernity Nietzsche aims to move his readers toward a noble embrace of life.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 308
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juli 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 653g
• ISBN-13: 9780739127292
• ISBN-10: 0739127292
• Artikelnr.: 26331362

Autorenporträt

Paul E. Kirkland is assistant professor of political science at Carthage College.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Introduction Chapter 2 1. Educating the Free Spirit Chapter 3 2.
Masks of Honesty Chapter 4 3. Nobility and Responsibility Chapter 5 4. The
Esteeming Animal Chapter 6 5. Willing and Time Chapter 7 6. Redeeming Time:
The Teaching of the Eternal Return Chapter 8 7. Eternal Return and the
Ethics of Contest Chapter 9 8. Politics of Contest Chapter 10 9. Heights of
the Soul: Laughter and the Perspective of Life Chapter 11 10. Challenging
the Old and New Tablets: Nietzsche's Art of Writing Part 12 Conclusion