Ashley Woodward - Understanding Nietzscheanism (Understanding Movements in Modern Thought)

understandingNietzscheanism

Understanding Movements in Modern Thought

Series Editor: Jack Reynolds

This series provides short, accessible and lively introductions to the major schools, movements and traditions in philosophy and the history of ideas since the beginning of the Enlightenment. All books in the series are written for undergraduates meeting the subject for the first time.

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Robert G. Meyers

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Andrew Brennan & Y. S. Lo

Understanding Existentialism
Jack Reynolds

Understanding Feminism
Peta Bowden & Jane Mummery

Understanding German Idealism
Will Dudley

Understanding Hegelianism
Robert Sinnerbrink

Understanding Hermeneutics
Lawrence K. Schmidt

Understanding Naturalism
Jack Ritchie

Understanding Nietzscheanism
Ashley Woodward

Understanding Phenomenology
David R. Cerbone

Understanding Postcolonialism
Jane Hiddleston

Understanding Poststructuralism
James Williams

Understanding Psychoanalysis
Matthew Sharpe & Joanne Faulkner

Understanding Rationalism
Charlie Huenemann

Understanding Utilitarianism
Tim Mulgan

Understanding Virtue Ethics
Stan van Hooft

understandingNietzscheanism

Ashley Woodward

First published in 2011 by Acumen

Published 2014 by Routledge
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First, thanks are due to the series editor Jack Reynolds for inviting me to write this book. Thanks also to Tristan Palmer at Acumen for both his continual patience and understanding, and his generous words of encouragement. Acknowledgement must also be given to the anonymous readers of the initial book proposal and the reviewers of the manuscript in its first draft form. At both stages many useful suggestions (as well as heartening words of encouragement) helped to make the book what it is. Warm thanks also to Catherine Cameron and Jon Roff e for generously reading and commenting on chapters of the book. Material for several chapters of the book was trialled in the subject Nietzsches Legacy: Existentialism, Poststructuralism, Transhumanism I taught at the Melbourne School of Continental Philosophy in the summer of 2010, and I would like to thank all the students who attended for giving me the opportunity to do this. Special thanks to Chloe Bo-kyung Kim for her patience and support during the writing of this manuscript. Of course, as always, responsibility for all the books faults and limitations rests with me.

Editions of Nietzsches complete works in German:

References to Nietzsches works give the abbreviated book title as shown in the following list, followed by the abbreviated title of the chapter, number of the part or section, or when required, a combination of these. For example, HAH 97 refers to section 97 of Human, All Too Human, while Z: 2 Of Poets refers to the section titled Of Poets in Thus Spoke Zarathustra, book 2. Wherever possible, I have referred to the Cambridge University Press editions of Nietzsches works in English translation.