| Interpreting Nietzsche: Reception and Influence Contributor(s): Woodward, Ashley (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1441120041 ISBN-13: 9781441120045 Publisher: Continuum OUR PRICE: $47.47 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Modern - Philosophy | Movements - Existentialism |
| Dewey: 193 |
| LCCN: 2011004029 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (0.85 lbs) 240 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Helping students and researchers get to grips with the work of this compelling but often baffling thinker, this introductory guide surveys the impact and continuing influence of the work of Friedrich Nietzsche on modern European thought. Interpreting Nietzsche explores how some of the most important thinkers of the 20th century have responded to the legacy of his writings. Each chapter focuses on how Nietzsche's work has been read by such major figures as: Martin HeideggerJacques Derrida Giles Deleuze Luce Irigaray Gianni Vattimo Encouraging students to take their studies further, each chapter also includes annotated guides to further primary and secondary reading. |
Contributor Bio(s): Woodward, Ashley: - Ashley Woodward is a Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Dundee. He is a founding member of The Melbourne School of Continental Philosophy, and an editor of Parrhesia: A Journal of Critical Philosophy. He is author of Understanding Nietzscheanism (Acumen, 2011), Nihilism in Postmodernity: Lyotard, Baudrillard, Vattimo (The Davies Group, 2010), editor of Interpreting Nietzsche (Continuum 2011) and co-editor of Sensorium: Aesthetics, Art, Life (Cambridge Scholars Press, 2007), The Continuum Companion to Existentialism (Continuum, 2011), and Gilbert Simondon: Being and Technology (Edinburgh UP, 2012). |