Alan Schrift - Nietzsche and the Question of Interpretation: Between Hermeneutics and Deconstruction

N I E T Z S C H E

AND THE

QUESTION OF INTERPRETATION

N I E T Z S C H E

AND THE

QUESTION OF INTERPRETATION

Between

Hermeneutics

and

Deconstruction

ALAN D. SCHRIFT

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Schrift, Alan D., 1955

Nietzsche and the question of interpretation: between hermeneutics and deconstruction / Alan D. Schrift.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 0-415-90311-4. ISBN 0-415-90312-2 (pbk.)
1. Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 18441900Contributions in hermeneutics. 2. Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 18441900Influence. 3. HermeneuticsHistory19th century. 4. Heidegger, Martin,
18891976Contributions in hermeneutics. 5. Derrida, JacquesContributions in hermeneutics. 6. Deconstruction. I. Title.

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
Schrift, Alan D.

Nietzsche and the question of interpretation: between hermeneutics and deconstruction.
1. German philosophy. Nietzsche, Friedrich, 18441900
I. Title
193

ISBN 0-415-90311-4
ISBN 0-415-90312-2 pbk

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To Joan, Leonard and Mitchell Schrift,
and again, to Jill

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All references to Nietzsche's writings have been included in the body of the text, denoted by the following abbreviations. Unless otherwise specified, Roman numerals denote the volume number of a set of collected works or a standard subdivision within a single work in which the sections are not numbered consecutively, and Arabic numerals denote the section number rather than the page number. While the available English translations of Nietzsche's texts, especially those of W. Kaufmann and R. J. Hollingdale (see ), have been consulted, these translations frequently have been altered to reflect more accurately the emphasis and style of the original German texts, and the ultimate responsibility for the translations which appear in the following pages must be mine. In a number of instances, I have found it helpful to include parts of the original German text in addition to the translation. In these cases, the original is placed within brackets immediately following its English translation. Also, in order to differentiate Nietzsche's use of ellipsis points from my editorial omissions of certain words or passages within a citation, I have marked all editorial omissions with ellipsis points between brackets as follows: [].