Format:
VIII, 250 S
,
24 cm
ISBN:
1441125337
,
9781441125330
Series Statement:
Bloomsbury studies in continental philosophy
Content:
The theme of the philosopher as therapist dominates Nietzsche's entire opus, from his earliest writings to the Zarathustra period and beyond. Nietzsche wishes to hasten the coming and future sanctification of a new type of synthetic human being, and his entire teaching is shaped by his own struggles against illness. Yet few Nietzsche scholars have paid this crucial therapeutic element of his thought sufficient attention. This collection of essays by leading scholars in the field is composed around the Nietzschean insight, which has its roots in the Hippocratic tradition of ancient medicine, that beliefs, behaviours, ideals and patterns of striving are not things for which individuals or even cultures are responsible. Rather, they are symptoms of what an individual or culture is, which symptoms require diagnostic interpretation and evaluation. The book identifies three principal approaches in Nietzsche's philosophy: diagnostic, prognostic and therapeutic
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781441115409
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781441107725
Language:
English
Subjects:
Philosophy
Keywords:
Nietzsche, Friedrich 1844-1900
;
Philosophische Anthropologie
;
Aufsatzsammlung
Author information:
Nietzsche, Friedrich 1844-1900
