This collection brings together in translation the finest postwar German-language scholarship on Nietzsche's philosophy, ranging over his concept of irony, his thoughts on music, his relation to the pre-Socratics, his concept of truth, and numerous other topics. Many of the essays appear in English here for the first time, and all are newly translated for the volume.
Edited by:
Otfried Hoeffe Imprint: Cambridge University Press Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 18mm
Weight: 504g ISBN:9781108719087 ISBN 10: 1108719082 Series:The German Philosophical Tradition Pages: 347 Publication Date:10 November 2022 Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Introduction Otfried Hoeffe; Part I. The Aesthetic Dimension: 1. Nietzsche's conception of irony Ernst Behler; 2. Nietzsche, philosopher of music Richard Klein; 3. Artistic metaphysics: on Nietzsche's early program for an aesthetic justification of the world Volker Gerhardt; 4. 'The three metamorphoses': a genealogy of the spirit Annemarie Pieper; Part II. Philosophical Themes: 5. Nietzsche's invention of the pre-Socratics Tilman Borsche; 6. Nietzsche's stance toward ancient and modern enlightenment Henning Ottmann; 7. 'An animal that may make promises' Otfried Hoeffe; Part III. Power and Truth: 8. Nietzsche's doctrine of the will to power Wolfgang Muller-Lauter; 9. Nietzsche on the sovereignty of perspectival reason in philosophy Friedrich Kaulbach; 10. On the question of dialectics in Nietzsche's epistemology Alfred Schmidt; 11. Nietzsche's concept of truth Rudiger Bittner; Part IV. Religion and Religiosity: 12. The tremendous moment Joerg Salaquarda; 13. Nietzsche's critique of the reason of his life: on the interpretation of The Antichrist and Ecce Homo Werner Stegmaier.
Otfried Hoeffe is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Tubingen and Director of the Research Centre for Political Philosophy.