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Book Synopsis
A Companion to Nietzsche provides a comprehensive guide to all the main aspects of Nietzsche's philosophy, profiling the most recent research and trends in scholarship. * Brings together an international roster of both rising stars and established scholars, including many of the leading commentators and interpreters of Nietzsche.

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"Its thirty-one commentaries offer comprehensive coverage of the significant areas of philosophical concern to Nietzsche. This collection is without doubt a very significant contribution to Nietzsche studies." International Journal of Philosophical Studies

“This is a monster of a book, in the true Nietzschean sense. The collection represents most of the very best Nietzsche scholarship being done today in Europe and the United States.” Graham Parkes, University of Hawaii


“This new addition to an excellent series assembles an inspired cast of Nietzsche scholars, representing a wide spectrum of approaches. After two helpful introductions to Nietzsche's life, philosophy, and style, the essays address the most familiar Nietzschean themes, as well as important but more neglected ones, such as his conception of science.” David Cooper, University of Durham

"Historiographically and critically, this companion could not be better. It is a gateway to what is going on now critically in this feild, an introduction to the best criticism, and an exemplar of philosophical inquiry in it's own right." Stuart Hannabuss, Abeedeen Business School

"This worthwhile collection portrays many of the most preeminent Nietzschean scholars in Europe and the US . . . It offers a moving array of Nietzsche scholars who represent a plethora of approaches. Recommended."
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Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors x

A Note on References to Nietzsche’s Works xv

A Note on Translated Essays xviii

A Note on Cross-References xix

Chronology of Nietzsche’s Life and Work xx

1 Friedrich Nietzsche: An Introduction to his Thought, Life, and Work 1
Keith Ansell Pearson

2 Nietzsche and the Art of the Aphorism 22
Jill Marsden

Part I ART, NATURE, AND INDIVIDUATION 39

3 The Aesthetic Justification of Existence 41
Daniel Came

4 Nietzsche on Individuation and Purposiveness in Nature 58
Elaine P. Miller

5 The Individual and Individuality in Nietzsche 76
Nuno Nabais

Part II NIETZSCHE’S PHILOSOPHY OF THE FUTURE 95

6 Nietzsche’s “Gay” Science 97
Babette E. Babich

7 Nietzsche and Philosophical Anthropology 115
Richard Schacht

8 Nietzsche’s Philosophy and True Religion 133
Laurence Lampert

9 The Naturalisms of Beyond Good and Evil 148
Maudemarie Clark and David Dudrick

Part III ETERNAL RECURRENCE, THE OVERHUMAN, AND NIHILISM 169

10 Identity and Eternal Recurrence 171
Paul S. Loeb

11 Nietzsche and Cosmology 189
Robin Small

12 Nietzsche on Time and Becoming 208
John Richardson

13 The Incorporation of Truth: Towards the Overhuman 230
Keith Ansell Pearson

14 Nihilism and Skepticism in Nietzsche 250
Andreas Urs Sommer

Part IV PHILOSOPHY OF MIND 271

15 The Body, the Self, and the Ego 273
Volker Gerhardt

16 Phenomenology and Science in Nietzsche 297
Peter Poellner

17 Naturalism and Nietzsche’s Moral Psychology 314
Christa Davis Acampora

Part V PHILOSOPHY AND GENEALOGY 335

18 Naturalism and Genealogy 337
Christopher Janaway

19 The Philosophical Function of Genealogy 353
Robert Guay

20 Agent and Deed in Nietzsche’s Genealogy of Morals 371
Robert B. Pippin

Part VI ETHICS 387

21 Nietzsche and Ethics 389
Paul J. M. van Tongeren

22 Rebaptizing our Evil: On the Revaluation of All Values 404
Kathleen Marie Higgins

23 Nietzsche’s Fatalism 419
Robert C. Solomon

Part VII POLITICS 435

24 Nietzsche contra Liberalism on Freedom 437
Herman Siemens

25 Nietzsche and National Identity 455
Diane Morgan

Part VIII AESTHETICS 475

26 Nietzsche on Geophilosophy and Geoaesthetics 477
Gary Shapiro

27 Nietzsche, Dionysus, and the Ontology of Music 495
Christoph Cox

Part IX EVOLUTION AND LIFE: THE WILL TO POWER 515

28 Nietzsche and Evolutionary Theory 517
Gregory Moore

29 Life and Self-Overcoming 532
Daniel W. Conway

30 Nietzsche’s Theory of the Will to Power 548
James I. Porter

31 A Critique of the Will to Power 565
Henry Staten

Index 583

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      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 06/02/2009
      ISBN13: 9781405190763, 978-1405190763
      ISBN10: 1405190760
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A Companion to Nietzsche provides a comprehensive guide to all the main aspects of Nietzsche's philosophy, profiling the most recent research and trends in scholarship. * Brings together an international roster of both rising stars and established scholars, including many of the leading commentators and interpreters of Nietzsche.

      Trade Review
      "Its thirty-one commentaries offer comprehensive coverage of the significant areas of philosophical concern to Nietzsche. This collection is without doubt a very significant contribution to Nietzsche studies." International Journal of Philosophical Studies

      “This is a monster of a book, in the true Nietzschean sense. The collection represents most of the very best Nietzsche scholarship being done today in Europe and the United States.” Graham Parkes, University of Hawaii


      “This new addition to an excellent series assembles an inspired cast of Nietzsche scholars, representing a wide spectrum of approaches. After two helpful introductions to Nietzsche's life, philosophy, and style, the essays address the most familiar Nietzschean themes, as well as important but more neglected ones, such as his conception of science.” David Cooper, University of Durham

      "Historiographically and critically, this companion could not be better. It is a gateway to what is going on now critically in this feild, an introduction to the best criticism, and an exemplar of philosophical inquiry in it's own right." Stuart Hannabuss, Abeedeen Business School

      "This worthwhile collection portrays many of the most preeminent Nietzschean scholars in Europe and the US . . . It offers a moving array of Nietzsche scholars who represent a plethora of approaches. Recommended."
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      Table of Contents

      Notes on Contributors x

      A Note on References to Nietzsche’s Works xv

      A Note on Translated Essays xviii

      A Note on Cross-References xix

      Chronology of Nietzsche’s Life and Work xx

      1 Friedrich Nietzsche: An Introduction to his Thought, Life, and Work 1
      Keith Ansell Pearson

      2 Nietzsche and the Art of the Aphorism 22
      Jill Marsden

      Part I ART, NATURE, AND INDIVIDUATION 39

      3 The Aesthetic Justification of Existence 41
      Daniel Came

      4 Nietzsche on Individuation and Purposiveness in Nature 58
      Elaine P. Miller

      5 The Individual and Individuality in Nietzsche 76
      Nuno Nabais

      Part II NIETZSCHE’S PHILOSOPHY OF THE FUTURE 95

      6 Nietzsche’s “Gay” Science 97
      Babette E. Babich

      7 Nietzsche and Philosophical Anthropology 115
      Richard Schacht

      8 Nietzsche’s Philosophy and True Religion 133
      Laurence Lampert

      9 The Naturalisms of Beyond Good and Evil 148
      Maudemarie Clark and David Dudrick

      Part III ETERNAL RECURRENCE, THE OVERHUMAN, AND NIHILISM 169

      10 Identity and Eternal Recurrence 171
      Paul S. Loeb

      11 Nietzsche and Cosmology 189
      Robin Small

      12 Nietzsche on Time and Becoming 208
      John Richardson

      13 The Incorporation of Truth: Towards the Overhuman 230
      Keith Ansell Pearson

      14 Nihilism and Skepticism in Nietzsche 250
      Andreas Urs Sommer

      Part IV PHILOSOPHY OF MIND 271

      15 The Body, the Self, and the Ego 273
      Volker Gerhardt

      16 Phenomenology and Science in Nietzsche 297
      Peter Poellner

      17 Naturalism and Nietzsche’s Moral Psychology 314
      Christa Davis Acampora

      Part V PHILOSOPHY AND GENEALOGY 335

      18 Naturalism and Genealogy 337
      Christopher Janaway

      19 The Philosophical Function of Genealogy 353
      Robert Guay

      20 Agent and Deed in Nietzsche’s Genealogy of Morals 371
      Robert B. Pippin

      Part VI ETHICS 387

      21 Nietzsche and Ethics 389
      Paul J. M. van Tongeren

      22 Rebaptizing our Evil: On the Revaluation of All Values 404
      Kathleen Marie Higgins

      23 Nietzsche’s Fatalism 419
      Robert C. Solomon

      Part VII POLITICS 435

      24 Nietzsche contra Liberalism on Freedom 437
      Herman Siemens

      25 Nietzsche and National Identity 455
      Diane Morgan

      Part VIII AESTHETICS 475

      26 Nietzsche on Geophilosophy and Geoaesthetics 477
      Gary Shapiro

      27 Nietzsche, Dionysus, and the Ontology of Music 495
      Christoph Cox

      Part IX EVOLUTION AND LIFE: THE WILL TO POWER 515

      28 Nietzsche and Evolutionary Theory 517
      Gregory Moore

      29 Life and Self-Overcoming 532
      Daniel W. Conway

      30 Nietzsche’s Theory of the Will to Power 548
      James I. Porter

      31 A Critique of the Will to Power 565
      Henry Staten

      Index 583

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