Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra Before Sunrise

by Luchte, James

• ISBN13: 9781847062215
• ISBN10: 1847062210
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-11-17
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Summary

"This book seeks to address the gap in the available literature by taking Thus Spoke Zarathustra seriously, not only with respect to its impact on the interpretation of Nietzsche's philosophy, but also in light of the broader questions of the relationships between poetry, philosophy and existence. Thirteen leading Nietzsche scholars examine the structure, method, style and sources of Zarathustra as a philosophical text and its relationship to methodological and metaphilosophical questions amid the broader discussions of philosophy. The book also explores the implications of the philosophical questioning, interventions and teachings of Zarathustra with respect to both its negative engagement with the tradition and its attempt to set forth something new under the sun in its affirmative overcoming of nihilism."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

Contributors	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. xii
List of Abbreviations	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
Of Method
The Symphonic Structure of Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Preliminary Outline	p. 9
Thus Spoke Zarathustra as Nietzsche's Autobiography	p. 29
Zarathustra in Nietzsche's Typology	p. 47
The Three Metamorphoses and Philosophy	p. 63
Of Existence
Zarathustra, the Moment, and Eternal Recurrence of the Same: Nietzsche's Ontology of Time	p. 75
The Gateway-Augenblick	p. 91
Thus Spoke Zarathustra: The Hammer and the Greatest Weight	p. 109
Of Life
Zarathustra on Freedom	p. 129
Nietzsche - On the Regenerative Character of Dispositions	p. 141
In Search of the Wellsprings of the Future and of New Origins	p. 151
Justice and Gift-Giving in Thus Spoke Zarathustra	p. 165
Notes	p. 183
Bibliography and Further Reading	p. 207
Index	p. 211
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