| Description | | - The clearest introduction to Nietzsche available
- Nietzsche is a perennially fascinating, misinterpreted figure, studied on the majority of philosophy courses.
- Tanner's writing is immensely readable and he doesn't fall into the trap of taking a certain moral line or of being patronizing
- Examines the ambiguities inherent in Nietzsches writings, and the many misconceptions about him
- Now reissued as a Very Short Introduction, along with other new philosophy titles in the series.
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The philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) was almost wholly neglected during his sane life, which came to an abrupt end in 1889. Since then he has been appropriated as an icon by an astonishingly diverse spectrum of people, whose interpretations of his thought range from the highly irrational to the firmly analytical. Thus Spoke Zarathustra
introduced the 'superman' and The
Twilight of the Idols
developed the 'Will to Power' concept; these term, together with 'Sklavenmoral' and 'Herrenmoral', became confused with the rise of nationalism in Germany.
Idiosyncratic and aphoristic, Nietzsche is always bracing and provocative, and temptingly easy to dip into. Michael Tanner's readable introduction to the philosopher's life and work examines the numerous ambiguities
inherent in his writings. It also explodes the many misconceptions fostered in the hundred years since Nietzsche wrote, prophetically: 'Do not, above all, confound me with what I am not!'
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| Contents |
The image of Nietzsche; Tragedy: birth, death, rebirth; Disillusionment and withdrawal; Morality and its discontents; The one thing needful; Prophecy; Occupying the high ground; Masters and slaves; Philosophizing with a hammer; Abbreviations; Further Reading; Index
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| Authors, editors,
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Michael Tanner, Fellow and University Lecturer in Philosophy, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
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