Keith Ansell Pearson

The Nietzsche Reader

Herausgeber: Large, Duncan; Ansell-Pearson, Keith

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Nietzsche Reader brings together in one volume substantial selections from the entire body of Nietzsche's writings, together with illuminating commentary on Nietzsche's life and importance, and introductions to his major works and philosophical ideas. .

Produktdetails

• Wiley Blackwell Readers
• Verlag: Blackwell Publishers
• 3rd ed.
• Seitenzahl: 624
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Dezember 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 245mm x 172mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 1090g
• ISBN-13: 9780631226543
• ISBN-10: 0631226540
• Artikelnr.: 13630321

Autorenporträt

KEITH ANSELL PEARSON holds a Personal Chair in Philosophy at the University of Warwick. He co-founded the Friedrich Nietzsche Society and is renowned for his work on Nietzsche, Bergson, and Deleuze. He is editor of A Companion to Nietzsche (Blackwell, 2006). DUNCAN LARGE is Senior Lecturer in German at the University of Wales Swansea and former Chairman of the Friedrich Nietzsche Society. He is the author of Nietzsche and Proust: A Comparative Study (2001), and translator and editor of both Nietzsche's Twilight of the Idols (1998) and Sarah Kofman's Nietzsche and Metaphor (1993).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface.

Acknowledgments.

General Introduction.

A Chronology Friedrich Nietzsche..

Part I: Beginnings.

Introduction.

1. Fate and History: Thoughts (1862).

2. Freedom of Will and Fate (1862).

3. My Life (1863).

4. On Moods (1864).

5. On Schopenhauer (1868)..

Part II: Early Writings.

Introduction.

6. The Birth of Tragedy from the Spirit of Music (1872).

7. The Greek State (1871-2).

8. Homer's Contest (1872).

9. Philosophy in the Tragic Age of the Greeks (1873).

10. On Truth and Lies in a Nonmoral Sense (1873).

11. On the Utility and Liability of History for Life (1874).

12. Schopenhauer as Educator (1874)..

Part III: The Middle Period.

Introduction.

13. Human, All to Human: A Book for Free Spirits, volume 1(1878).

14. Daybreak: Thoughts on the Prejudices of Morality (1881).

15. The gay Science (1881).

16. Notes from 1881..

Part IV: Thus Spoke Zarathustra.

Introduction.

17. Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for Everyone and No One(1883-5)..

Part V: The Later Writings.

Introduction.

18. Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future(1886).

19. The Gay Science, Book V (1887).

20. European Nihilism (1887).

21. On the Genealogy of Morality: A Polemic (1887).

Introduction.

22. The Case of Wagner: A Musicians' Problem (1888).

23. Twilight o the Idols; or, How to Philosophize with a Hammer(1888).

24. The Anti-Christ: Curse on Christianity (1888).

25. Ecce Homo: How One Becomes What One Is (1888).

26. Four Letters (1888-9).

A Guide to Further Reading.

Index.

Rezensionen

"Intended to introduce students to Nietzsche's writings, theReader is of considerable value. It includes comprehensiveselections from Nietzsche's early, middle and late writingsin English. The chronological presentation of the selections isparticularly useful in helping students to appreciateNietzsche's philosophical development." InternationalJournal of Philosophical Studies

"The Nietzsche Reader offers an extremelycomprehensive collection of Nietzsche's philosophicalwritings, ranging from his youthful essays on fate to the pithy,epochal books written in the twilight of his sanity. Perfect forclassroom use, in any number of courses across a variety ofacademic disciplines." Daniel W. Conway, The PennsylvaniaState University

"Thorough yet manageable, this Reader is an excellentintroduction to Nietzsche. The editors' balanced commentaryis accessible to the novice while still engaging for scholars. Thisbook is a great contribution to Nietzsche studies."Kathleen Higgins, University of Texas Austin