Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra: Before Sunrise

by James Luchte

Overview

Nietzsche famously regarded Thus Spoke Zarathustra as his greatest work. However, despite Nietzsche's pervasive influence upon the philosopher and non-philosopher alike, and his own intense regard for Zarathustra, there has been relatively little serious study of Nietzsche's magnum opus.
This book seeks to address this gap in the available literature by taking Thus Spoke Zarathustra seriously, not only with respect to its impact on the interpretation of Nietzsche's philosophy, but also in light of the broader questions of the relationships between poetry, philosophy and existence. Fifteen leading Nietzsche scholars examine the structure, method, style and sources of Zarathustra as a philosophical text and its relationship to methodological and metaphilosophical questions amid the broader discussions of philosophy. The book also explores the implications of the philosophical questioning, interventions and teachings of Zarathustra with respect to both its negative engagement with the tradition and its attempt to set forth something new under the sun in its affirmative overcoming of nihilism.
Nietzsche famously regarded Thus Spoke Zarathustra as his greatest work. However, despite Nietzsche's pervasive influence upon the philosopher and non-philosopher alike, and his own intense regard for Zarathustra, there has been relatively little serious study of Nietzsche's magnum opus.
This book seeks to address this gap in the available literature by taking Thus Spoke Zarathustra seriously, not only with respect to its impact on the interpretation of Nietzsche's philosophy, but also in light of the broader questions of the relationships between poetry, philosophy and existence. Fifteen leading Nietzsche scholars examine the structure, method, style and sources of Zarathustra as a philosophical text and its relationship to methodological and metaphilosophical questions amid the broader discussions of philosophy. The book also explores the implications of the philosophical questioning, interventions and teachings of Zarathustra with respect to both its negative engagement with the tradition and its attempt to set forth something new under the sun in its affirmative overcoming of nihilism.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781847062215
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	11/17/2008
Series:	Continuum Studies in Continental Philosophy , #42
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

James Luchte is Lecturer of Philosophy and Programme Co-ordinator of the MA in European Philosophy at the University of Wales, Trinity St. David, in Wales. His other publications include The Peacock and the Buffalo: The Poetry of Nietzsche (translator), Pythagoras and the Doctrine of Transmigration, Heidegger's Early Philosophy: The Phenomenology of Ecstatic Temporality, Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra: Before Sunrise (editor) and Kant's Critique of Pure Reason: A Reader's Guide (all Continuum). He has also published numerous articles on various topics in European Philosophy.

Table of Contents

List of Abbreviations Introduction, by James Luchte I. Of Method Graham Parkes: The Symphonic Structure of Nietzsche's Zarathustra Thomas Brobjer: Thus Spoke Zarathustra as Nietzsche's Autobiography Yunus Tuncel: Zarathustra in Nietzsche's Typology Peter Yates: The Three Metamorphoses and Philosophy II. Of Existence Friedrich Ulfers and Mark Cohen: Zarathustra, the Moment, and Eternal Recurrence of the Same: Nietzsche's Ontology of Time Paul Loeb: The Gateway-Augenblick Alan Wenham: Thus Spoke Zarathustra: The Hammer and the Greatest Weight III. Of Life Gudrun von Tevenar: Zarathustra on Freedom Arno Boehler: Nietzsche - On the Regenerative Character of Dispositions Uschi Nussbaumer-Benz: In Search of the Wellsprings of the Future and of New Origins Vanessa Lemm: Justice and Gift-Giving in Thus Spoke Zarathustra Notes on Contributors Bibliography Index