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Book SynopsisChallenging the standard interpretation of Nietzsche's last published work,
Ecce Homo, as frivolous autobiography, Thomas H. Brobjer provides an original and detailed analysis of
Ecce Homo as fundamental to Nietzsche's unfinished masterwork on the revaluation of all values.Arguing that
Ecce Homo laid the foundations for his planned four-volume work on values, Brobjer draws together the intentions and motivations behind Nietzsche's late work to create a new narrative on it. He situates this period in the desire to undermine the system of Christian values that Nietzsche believed were unchecked as the standard moral gauge for his time. To engage in this project, Brobjer shows that it was essential for Nietzsche to explore the self and life-denying qualities of a Christian system of values within a broader framework of ideas about morality, altruism, egotism, pessimism, humility and pride.By fully outlining the context of
Ecce Homo, Brobjer provides a complete c
Trade ReviewThomas Brobjer’s book on
Ecce homo presents Nietzsche’s autogenealogy in a provocative new way. It is a challenge particularly for Anglophone Nietzsche scholars engaged in rather scholastic debates. The study demonstrates how
Ecce homo is intended to prepare Nietzsche’s late main project of a “transvaluation of all values” (“Umwerthung aller Werthe”) and how this project has to be reconsidered. * Andreas Urs Sommer, Professor of Philosophy and Executive Director of the Nietzsche Research Center, University of Freiburg, Germany *
Brobjer avoids dichotomising between Ecce Homo as autobiography and as a philosophical work, recognising the interconnection between Nietzsche’s life and philosophy. Employing thorough analysis of letters and drafts, Brobjer takes a distinctive approach to Ecce Homo as preparing a revaluation of values, while advancing important reflections on the symbol of Dionysius. * Katrina Mitcheson, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of the West of England, UK *
This book.. heralds a great future for Nietzsche scholarship, for what it calls and awakens a hunger for is the revaluation of both the
Nachlass and Nietzsche’s final two books. -- Charles P. Rodger * Journal of the History of Philosophy *
Table of Contents1.
The Revaluation of All Values as the Purpose of
Ecce Homo 2. The Presence of the
Revaluation of All Values in Other Later Books and Letters 3. Reading
Ecce Homo as Preparatory to Nietzsche’s
Revaluation of All Values 4. The Last Chapter, “Why I Am A Destiny,” as Preparatory to the
Revaluation of All Values 5. The Roles of Zarathustra and Dionysos in Nietzsche’s
Ecce Homo and Late Texts 6. What Can We Learn about the
Revaluation of All Values from
Ecce homo and Late Texts? Appendix: Outline, Summary and Chronology of
Ecce homo Notes Bibliography of Nietzsche literature Index
