Ecce Homo How One Becomes What One Is

by Nietzsche, Friedrich; Large, Duncan

• ISBN13: 9780192832283
• ISBN10: 019283228X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-06-18
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

'I am not a man, I am dynamite.'Ecce Homo is an autobiography like no other. Deliberately provocative, Nietzsche subverts the conventions of the genre and pushes his philosophical positions to combative extremes, constructing a genius-hero whose life is a chronicle of incessant self-overcoming. Written in 1888, a few weeksbefore his descent into madness, the book sub-titled 'How To Become What You Are' passes under review all Nietzsche's previous works so that we, his 'posthumous' readers, can finally understand him aright, on his own terms. He reaches final reckonings with his many enemies - Richard Wagner, Germannationalism, 'modern men' in general - and above all Christianity, proclaiming himself the Antichrist. Ecce Homo is the summation of an extraordinary philosophical career, a last great testament to Nietzsche's will.

Author Biography

Formerly Chairman of the Friedrich Nietzsche Society, Duncan Large is currently Joint Secretary of the Conference of University Teachers of German in Great Britain and Ireland. His recent books include The Nietzsche Reader (edited with Keith Ansell-Pearson).

Table of Contents

Abbreviations	p. ix
Introduction	p. xi
Note on the Text and Translation	p. xxix
Select Bibliography	p. xxx
A Chronology of Friedrich Nietzsche	p. xxxv
Ecce Homo
Foreword	p. 3
Why I Am So Wise	p. 7
Why I Am So Clever	p. 19
Why I Write Such Good Books	p. 36
The Birth of Tragedy	p. 45
The Untimelies	p. 50
Human, All Too Human	p. 55
Daybreak	p. 61
The Gay Science	p. 64
Thus Spoke Zarathustra	p. 65
Beyond Good and Evil	p. 77
Genealogy of Morals	p. 79
Twilight of the Idols	p. 80
The Wagner Case	p. 82
Why I Am a Destiny	p. 88
Explanatory Notes	p. 97
Glossary of Names	p. 117
Index	p. 121
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