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Book SynopsisDaniel Conway is Professor of Philosophy and Humanities at Texas A&M University, USA. He has lectured and published widely on topics pertaining to 19th-Century Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy, Philosophy and Literature, Philosophy and Film, and Philosophy of Religion.
Trade ReviewThis is a most welcome volume that brings to bear much needed critical attention on one of Nietzsche’s most important texts from his fertile late period. To illuminate this most provocative of texts Daniel Conway has assembled some of the finest commentators and scholars currently writing on Nietzsche today. The result is an incredibly rich and highly instructive set of well-researched and lucidly written essays that will engage readers across the humanities, including in philosophy, the history of ideas, literary studies, and German studies. * Keith Ansell-Pearson, Professor of Philosophy, University of Warwick, UK *
Daniel W. Conway has assembled a treasure trove of stunningly brilliant essays, penned by the very best Nietzsche scholars worldwide. Altogether, the contributors lend Nietzsche’s The Antichrist the attention it is woefully due but has heretofore somehow missed. Philosophers, political theorists, religious scholars, scientists, ethicists—readers of many sorts!—will immensely appreciate their encounters with these captivating, readable, and wise essays. * John Seery, George Irving Thompson Memorial Professor of Government and Professor of Politics, Pomona College, USA *
Although Nietzsche’s readers have given relatively little attention to
The Antichrist, the publication of this collection demonstrates that the book Nietzsche described as his “revaluation of all values” more than merits philosophical scrutiny. Through detailed reconstruction and analysis of Nietzsche’s insights and arguments, these essays, each written by a prominent Nietzsche scholar, deepen our understanding of familiar themes including: Nietzsche’s critique of Christianity; his psychological reconstruction of the “Redeemer type”; his conception of specifically “priestly philosophy”; and his “naturalization” of the human. Daniel Conway’s collection is a valuable addition to the philosophical study of Nietzsche’s critique of modernity. -- Robert Gooding-Williams, Professor of Philosophy, Columbia University, USA
Table of ContentsIntroduction,
Daniel Conway (Texas A&M University, USA) 1. A Revived God in The Antichrist? Nietzsche and the Sacralization of Natural Life
Lawrence J. Hatab (Old Dominion University, USA) 2 History, Nature and the “Genetic Fallacy” in
The Antichrist’s Revaluation of Values
Tom Stern (University College London, UK) 3 Comparative Religion in
The Antichrist: Pastiche, Subversion, Cultural Intervention
Antoine Panaïoti (Ryserson University, Canada) 4 Nietzsche’s Antichristian Ethics: Renaissance
Virtù and the Project of Re-evaluation
David Owen (University of Southampton, UK) 5 Nietzsche’s Critique of Kant's Priestly Philosophy
Paul S. Loeb (University of Puget Sound, USA) 6 Nietzsche’s Quest for the Historical Jesus
Anthony Jensen (Providence College, USA) 7 Nietzsche and the Critique of Religion
Tracy B. Strong (UCSD and University of Southampton, UK) 8 Nihilism, Naturalism, and the Will to Power in Nietzsche’s
The Anti-Christ Christian J. Emden (Rice University, USA) 9 Resurgent Nobility and the Problem of False Consciousness
Daniel Conway (Texas A&M University, USA) 10 Deconstructing the Human: Ludwig Binswanger on
Homo Natura in Nietzsche and Freud
Vanessa Lemm (Flinders University, Australia) 11 Reading Dostoevsky in Turin: The Antichrist’s Accelerationism
Gary Shapiro (University of Richmond, USA) Index
