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Subject(s)

• Ethics [Browse]
• Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm 1844-1900—Zur Geneologie der Moral [Browse]

Editor

• Acampora, Christa Davis, 1967- [Browse]

Series

Critical essays on the classics. [More in this series]

Summary note

In this astonishingly rich volume, experts in ethics, epistemology, philosophy of mind, political theory, aesthetics, history, critical theory, and hermeneutics bring to light the best philosophical scholarship on what is arguably Nietzsche's most rewarding but most challenging text. Including essays that were commissioned specifically for the volume as well as essays revised and edited by their authors, this collection showcases definitive works that have shaped Nietzsche studies alongside new works of interest to students and experts alike. A lengthy introduction, annotated bibliography, and

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Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-326) and index.

Source of description

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Language note

English

Contents

• Title Page; Dedication; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations, Citations, and Translations of Nietzsche's Works; Introduction In the Beginning: Reading Nietzsche's On the Genealogy of Morals from the Start Christa Davis Acampora; Part I. On Genealogy; 1 A ""Dionysian Drama on the 'Fate of the Soul' "": An Introduction to Reading On the Genealogy of Morality Keith Ansell Pearson; 2 Nietzsche, Re-evaluation, and the Turn to Genealogy David Owen
• 3 The Genealogy of Genealogy: Interpretation in Nietzsche's Second Untimely Meditation and in On the Genealogy of Morals Alexander Nehamas4 Nietzsche's Style of Affirmation: The Metaphors of Genealogy Eric Blondel; 5 Nietzsche and the Re-evaluation of Values Aaron Ridley; 6 Genealogy, the Will to Power, and the Problem of a Past Tracy B. Strong; Part II. Reading Nietzsche's Genealogy-Focused Analyses of Parts and Passages; 7 Slave Morality, Socrates, and the Bushmen: A Critical Introduction to On the Genealogy of Morality, Essay I Mark Migotti
• 8 Lightning and Flash, Agent and Deed (GM 1:6-17) RobertB. Pippin9 On Sovereignty and Overhumaniry: Why It Matters How We Read Nietzsche's Genealogy 11:2 Christa Davis Acampora; 10 Finding the Übermensch in Nietzsche's Genealogy of Morality Paul S. Loeb; 11 The Genealogy of Morals and Right Reading: On the Nietzschean Aphorism and the Art of the Polemic Babette E. Babich; 12 ""We Remain of Necessity Strangers to Ourselves"": The Key Message of Nietzsche's Genealogy Ken Cernes; 13 Nihilism as Will to Nothingness Wolfgang Müller-Lauter; Part III. Critiquing Genealogy
• 14 The Entwinement of Myth and Enlightenment Jürgen Habermas15 Translating, Repeating, Naming: Foucault, Derrida, and the Genealogy of Morals Gary Shapiro; 16 Nietzsche, Deleuze, and the Genealogical Critique of Psychoanalysis: Between Church and State Alan D. Schrift; Part IV. On Politics and Community; 17 Nietzsche's Genealogy: Of Beauty and Community Salim Kemal; 18 Nietzsche and the Jews: The Structure of an Ambivalence Yirmiyahu Yovel; 19 Nietzschean Virtue Ethics Christine Swanton; 20 How We Became What We Are: Tracking the ""Beasts of Prey"" Daniel W. Conway; Bibliography; Index
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ISBN

• 0-7425-4262-9
• 1-4616-3985-9

OCLC

854520939

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