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The Oxford Handbook of Nietzsche (Oxford Handbooks)
Ken Gemes (Ed.)
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Description for The Oxford Handbook of Nietzsche (Oxford Handbooks)
Paperback. An international team of scholars offer a broad engagement with the thought of Friedrich Nietzsche. They discuss the main topics of his philosophy, under the headings of values, epistemology and metaphysics, and will to power. Other sections are devoted to his life, his relations to other philosophers, and his individual works. Editor(s): Gemes, Ken; Richardson, John. Series: Oxford Handbooks. Num Pages: 816 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPN; HPQ; HRAB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 173 x 246 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1376.
The diversity of Nietzsche's books, and the sheer range of his philosophical interests, have posed daunting challenges to his interpreters. This Oxford Handbook addresses this multiplicity by devoting each of its 32 essays to a focused topic, picked out by the book's systematic plan. The aim is to treat each topic at the best current level of philosophical scholarship on Nietzsche. The first group of papers treat selected biographical issues: his family relations, his relations to women, and his ill health and eventual insanity. In Part 2 the papers treat Nietzsche in historical context: his relations back to other ... Read more
The diversity of Nietzsche's books, and the sheer range of his philosophical interests, have posed daunting challenges to his interpreters. This Oxford Handbook addresses this multiplicity by devoting each of its 32 essays to a focused topic, picked out by the book's systematic plan. The aim is to treat each topic at the best current level of philosophical scholarship on Nietzsche. The first group of papers treat selected biographical issues: his family relations, his relations to women, and his ill health and eventual insanity. In Part 2 the papers treat Nietzsche in historical context: his relations back to other ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Oxford Handbooks
Condition
New
Weight
1376g
Number of Pages
816
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198776734
SKU
V9780198776734
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About Ken Gemes (Ed.)
Ken Gemes is Professor of Philosophy at Birkbeck, University of London. He is the co-editor of Nietzsche on Freedom and Autonomy (with Simon May; OUP, 2009). John Richardson is Professor of Philosophy at New York University. He is the author of Existential Epistemology: A Heideggerian Critique of the Cartesian Project (OUP, 1986), ... Read more
Reviews for The Oxford Handbook of Nietzsche (Oxford Handbooks)
[T]his volume is in every sense a massive contribution to Nietzsche scholarship. Ken Gemes and John Richardson deserve congratulations for lining up many good essays, thanks for their clear and helpful introduction, and admiration for coming as close to complete coverage of Nietzsche-related topics as any book could. The essays offer original arguments while remaining accessible to readers who are ... Read more