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Friedrich Nietzsche and European nihilism /

This book is a thorough study of Nietzsche's thoughts on nihilism, the history of the concept, the different ways in which he tries to explain his ideas on nihilism, the way these ideas were received in the 20th century, and, ultimately, what these ideas should mean to us. It begins with an exp...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tongeren, Paul van (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Dutch
Publicado: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro; Table of Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Chapter One; I.1 Ontology; I.2 Epistemology; I.3 The demonic will; I.4 Revolution and the transformation of nihilism into something positive; I.5 France and decadence; Chapter Two; II.1 Overview of life and works; II.2 The central position of the theme of nihilism; II.3 Pessimism-nihilism-decadence; Chapter Three; III.1 Nietzsche's analysis of European nihilism; Nietzsche's legacy; The Lenzer Heide text; European nihilism; The preceding nihilism; Truthfulness; "All that must collapse"; Symptomatology of nihilism; III.2 Types of nihilism
  • The writings of 1886/1887The fifth book of The Gay Science; GS 346: Our question mark; GS 370: What is romanticism?; Life is suffering; The foremost distinction; The second distinction; Table; III. 3 The history of nihilism's develo; The period of unclarity; The period of clarity; The period of the three great affects; The period of catastrophe; III. 4 Conclusion; Chapter Four; IV. 1 Martin Heidegger; Importance and limitation; Nietzsche's completion of metaphysics; The inevitable reign of technology; Distance; IV. 2 Gianni Vattimo; Latent and manifest, active and passive nihilism
  • Liberation through weakeningThe history of nihilism becomes Salvation History; IV. 3 And furthermore; Müller-Lauter's reception of the reception; The Anglophone reception; Dotted lines; Chapter Five; V.1 The unimaginable meaning of the death of God; V.2 Humanism is no alternative; V.3 Is life amongst nihilism possible?; V.4 Gaming Instinct; V.5 Nietzsche's exp; Epilogue; Appendix A; I.1 Nachlass; I.2 From The Gay Science, book 5 (1887); Appendix B; Appendix C; Bibliography