Nietzsche: The Anti-Christ, Ecce Homo, Twilight of the Idols: And Other Writings

by Edited by Aaron Ridley , Translated by Judith Norman

• ISBN13: 9780521016889
• ISBN10: 0521016886
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-11-21
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Nietzsche's late works are brilliant and uncompromising, and stand as monuments to his lucidity, rigour, and style. This volume combines, for the first time in English, five of these works: The Antichrist, Ecce Homo, Twilight of the Idols, Nietzsche contra Wagner, and The Case of Wagner. Here, Nietzsche takes on some of his greatest adversaries: traditional religion, contemporary culture, and above all his one-time hero, the composer Richard Wagner. His writing is simultaneously critical and creative, putting into practice his alternative philosophical vision, which, after more than a hundred years, still retains its startling novelty and audacity. These new translations aim to capture something of the style and rhythm of the original German, so that the reader can get a sense of Nietzsche as not just a philosopher but also a consummate artist, capable of 'dancing with his pen', and as untimely as he claims to be.

Table of Contents

Introduction	vii
Chronology	xxxv
Further reading	xxxviii
Note on the texts and translation	xl
The Anti-Christ: A Curse on Christianity	1	(68)
Ecce Homo: How to Become What you Are	69	(84)
Twilight of the Idols, or How to Philosophize with a Hammer	153	(78)
The Case of Wagner: A Musician's Problem	231	(32)
Nietzsche contra Wagner: From the Files of a Psychologist	263	(20)
Glossary of names	283	(6)
Index	289