Friedrich Nietzsche - A Philosophical Biography (Hardcover)

In this beautifully written account, Julian Young provides the most comprehensive biography available today of the life and philosophy of the nineteenth-century German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. Young deals with the many puzzles created by the conjunction of Nietzsche s personal history and his work: why the son of a Lutheran pastor developed into the self-styled Antichrist; why this archetypical Prussian came to loathe Bismarck s Prussia; and why this enemy of feminism preferred the company of feminist women. Setting Nietzsche s thought in the context of his times the rise of Prussian militarism, anti-Semitism, Darwinian science, the Youth and emancipationist movements, as well as the death of God Young emphasizes the decisive influence of Plato and of Richard Wagner on Nietzsche s attempt to reform Western culture. He also describes the devastating effect on Nietzsche s personality of his unhappy love for Lou Salome and attempts to understand why, at the age of forty-four, he went mad. This book includes a selection of more than thirty photographs of Nietzsche, his friends and his work sites. Seventeen of the philosopher s musical compositions, which are key to a deeper understanding of his intellectual project are available online.
To listen to Nietzsche's compositions, visit: http: //www.cambridge.org/us/nietzschemusic

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 2010
First published:	2010
Authors:	Julian Young
Dimensions:	260 x 184 x 39mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	649
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-87117-4
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, c 1600 to c 1800 Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, c 1600 to c 1800 Promotions
LSN:	0-521-87117-4
Barcode:	9780521871174

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