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The essays in this collection question the viability of Nietzsche's thought in the modern world, critiquing his philosophy of history as obsessed with hierarchy, his views on religion and art as myopic and irrational, and his stance on science as hopelessly reactionary.

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Preface to the 1991 French Edition 1: Hierarchy and Truth Alain Boyer 2: The Brute, the Sophist, and the Aesthete: "Art in the Service of Illusion" Andre Comte-Sponville 3: Nietzsche's French Moment Vincent Descombes 4: "What Must First Be Proved Is Worth Little" Luc Ferry, Alain Renaut. 5: The Nietzschean Metaphysics of Life Robert Legros 6: Nietzsche as Educator Philippe Raynaud 7: The Traditional Paradigm - Horror of Modernity and Antiliberalism: Nietzsche in Reactionary Rhetoric Pierre-Andre Taguieff Index

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      Publisher: University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 6/9/1997 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780226244808, 978-0226244808
      ISBN10: 0226244806
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The essays in this collection question the viability of Nietzsche's thought in the modern world, critiquing his philosophy of history as obsessed with hierarchy, his views on religion and art as myopic and irrational, and his stance on science as hopelessly reactionary.

      Table of Contents
      Preface to the 1991 French Edition 1: Hierarchy and Truth Alain Boyer 2: The Brute, the Sophist, and the Aesthete: "Art in the Service of Illusion" Andre Comte-Sponville 3: Nietzsche's French Moment Vincent Descombes 4: "What Must First Be Proved Is Worth Little" Luc Ferry, Alain Renaut. 5: The Nietzschean Metaphysics of Life Robert Legros 6: Nietzsche as Educator Philippe Raynaud 7: The Traditional Paradigm - Horror of Modernity and Antiliberalism: Nietzsche in Reactionary Rhetoric Pierre-Andre Taguieff Index

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