Nietzsche, Nihilism and the Philosophy of the Future [Paperback]

Nietzsche, Nihilism and the Philosophy of the Futureexamines Nietzsche's analysis of and response to contemporary nihilism, the sense that nothing has value or meaning. Eleven newly-commissioned essays from an influential team of contributors illustrate the richness and complexity of Nietzsche's thought by bringing together a diverse collection of perspectives on Nietzsche.
Nietzsche's engagement with nihilism has been relatively neglected by recent scholarship, despite the fact that Nietzsche himself regarded it as one of the most original and important aspect of his thought. This book addresses that gap in the literature by exploring this central and compelling area of Nietzsche's thought. The essays concentrate on Nietzsche's philosophical analysis of nihilism, the cultural politics of his reaction to nihilism, and the rhetorical dimensions and intricacies of his texts.

Jeffrey Metzger is Assistant Professor at Cameron University, USA. He has previously taught at Brown University and Kenyon College, USA.

AcknowledgementsNotes and Citations on Nietzsche's WorksIntroduction, Jeffrey Metzger (Cameron University, USA)
1. Nietzsche's Double Rhetoric: Which Nihilism?, Stanley Rosen (Boston University, USA)2. Toward a New Aristocracy: Nietzsche Contra Plato on the Role of a Warrior Elite, Michael Allen Gillespie (Duke University, USA)3. Nietzsche: Nihilism and Neo-Gnosticism, Stanley Corngold (Princeton University, USA)4. Nietzsche - Rhetoric - Nihilism: 'every name in history' - 'every style' - 'everything permitted' (A Political Philology of the Last Letter), Geoff Waite (Cornell University, USA)5. 'Does That Sound Strange to You?': Education and Indirection in Essay III of On the Genealogy of Morality, Daniel Conway (Texas A&M University, USA)6. Free Spirits and Free Thinkers: Nietzsche and Guyau on the Future of Morality, Keith Ansell-Pearson (University of Warwick, UK)
7. How Deep Are the Roots of Nihilism?: Nietzschelã