The Cambridge Companion to Nietzsche

by Edited by Bernd Magnus , Kathleen Higgins

• ISBN13: 9780521365864
• ISBN10: 0521365864
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-01-26
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

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. The opening essay of this Companion provides a chronologically organised 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 post-modern world. The final contributions consider Nietzsche's influence on the twentieth century in Europe, the USA, and Asia. New readers and non-specialists will find this the most convenient, accessible guide to Nietzsche currently available. Advanced students and specialists will find a conspectus of recent developments in the interpretation of Nietzsche.

Table of Contents

List of contributors	vii
Introduction to the Cambridge companion to Nietzsche	1	(20)
Bernd Magnus
Kathleen M. Higgins
Part I Introduction to Nietzsche's works
Nietzsche's works and their themes	21	(50)
Bernd Magnus
Kathleen M. Higgins
Part II The use and abuse of Nietzsche's life and works
The hero as outsider	71	(19)
R. J. Hollingdale
Nietzsche's and the Judaeo-Christian tradition	90	(29)
Jorg Salaquarda
Nietzsche's political misappropriation	119	(32)
Tracy B. Strong
Part III Nietzsche as philosopher
Nietzsche's kind of philosophy	151	(29)
Richard Schacht
Nietzsche ad hominem: Perspectivism, personality, and ressentiment revisited	180	(43)
Robert C. Solomon
Nietzsche, modernity, aestheticism	223	(29)
Alexander Nehamas
Nietzsche's alleged farewell: The premodern, modern, and postmodern Nietzsche	252	(29)
Robert B. Pippin
Part IV Nietzsche's influence
Nietzsche in the twentieth century	281	(42)
Ernst Behler
Nietzsche's French legacy	323	(33)
Alan D. Schrift
Nietzsche and East Asian thought: Influences, impacts, and resonances	356	(29)
Graham Parkes
Selected bibliography	385	(14)
Index	399