The Philosophy of Nietzsche - Softcover

Welson, Rex

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1902683900 ISBN 13: 9781902683904

Publisher: Routledge, 2004

Synopsis

This important new introduction to Nietzsche's philosophical work provides readers with an excellent framework for understanding the central concerns of his philosophical and cultural writings. It shows how Nietzsche's ideas have had a profound influence on European philosophy and why, in recent years, Nietzsche scholarship has become the battleground for debates between the analytic and continental traditions over philosophical method. The book is divided into three parts. In the first part, the author discusses morality, religion and nihilism to show why Nietzsche rejects certain components of the Western philosophical and religious traditions as well as the implications of this rejection. In the second part, the author explores Nietzsche's ambivalent and sophisticated reflections on some of philosophy's biggest questions. These include his criticisms of metaphysics, his analysis of truth and knowledge, and his reflections on the self and consciousness. In the final section, Welshon discusses some of the ways in which Nietzsche transcends, or is thought to transcend, the Western philosophical tradition, with chapters on the will to power, politics, and the flourishing life.

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"One of the best introductions available." - Keith Ansell-Pearson, University of Warwick "A welcome alternative and corrective to introductions to Nietzsche that present him as a kind of radical anti-philosopher. Welshon's Nietzsche is radical - but he is very definitely a philosopher, and a tough-minded analytical one at that." - Richard Schacht, University of Illinois

Synopsis

This introduction to Nietzsche's philosophical work provides students new to Nietzsche with a framework for understanding the central concerns of his philosophical and cultural writings and why Nietzsche's ideas continue to spark controversy in philosophy and allied disciplines.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1902683900
• ISBN 13: 9781902683904
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240