This translation of Nietzsche’s early Unzeitgemässe
Betrachtungen consists of four long essays and notes for a
fifth. Nietzsche planned these works as part of an extremely
ambitious critique of German culture. Although the project
was never completed, the essays thematically linked and should be
considered as a whole. This book, which presents these
important works together in English for the first time, unifies the
essays, provides introductions and annotations to each, and
translates them in a way that does justice to the brilliance and
versatility of Nietzsche’s style. The dominant idea of
Nietzsche’s project is the regeneration of culture through a
radical reshaping of modern educational institutions.
Nietzsche believed that philosophy, the arts, and the ennobling
study of antiquity had all been corrupted by systematic
miseducation, the work of so-called educators, who, as
culture-philistines, had disgraced the highest of vocations.
In response to this fragmented modern world, Nietasche argues for
the creation of a”manworthy” culture with a single uniftying
style—a style that integrated theology, philosophy, education,
classical scholarship, journalism, and art in a seamless, dynamic
whole. This style, Nietzsche contends, can best be realized
by heeding the great creative examples of the pre-Socratic
philosophers, Schopenhauer, and Wagner, and by reforming education,
above all the study of history and the archaic culture of Greece,
so that it serves, rather than obstructs, the needs of human
life. The essays include David Strauss: Writer and
Confessor, introduced and translated by Herbert Golder; History in
the Service and Disservice of Life, introduced by Werner Dannhauser
and translated by Gary Brown; Schopenhauer as Educator, introduced
by Richard Schacht and translated by William Arrowsmith; Richard
Wagner in Bayreuth, introduced and translated by Gary Brown; and We
Classicists, introduced and translated by William
Arrowsmith.
General
Imprint: |
Yale University Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
July 2011 |
Firstpublished: |
July 2011 |
Authors: |
Friedrich Nietzsche
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Editors: |
William Arrowsmith
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Dimensions: |
235 x 156 x 26mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
424 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-300-18019-0 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-300-18019-5 |
Barcode: |
9780300180190 |
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