Nietzsche and The Antichrist: Religion, Politics, and Culture in Late Modernity
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This collection both reflects and contributes to the recent surge of philosophical interest in The Antichrist and represents a major contribution to Nietzsche studies.
Nietzsche regarded The Antichrist, along with Zarathustra, as his most important work. In it he outlined many epoch-defining ideas, including his dawning realisation of the 'death of God' and the inception of a new, post-moral epoch in Western history. He called the work 'a crisis without equal on earth, the most profound collision of conscience, a decision that was conjured up against everything that had been believed, demanded, hallowed'.
One certainly need not share Nietzsche's estimation of his achievement in The Antichrist to conclude that there is something significant going on in this work. Indeed, even if Nietzsche overestimated its transformative power, it would be valuable nonetheless to have a clearer sense of why he thought so highly of this particular book, which is something of an outlier in his oeuvre. Until now, there has been no book that attempts to account with philosophical precision for the multiple themes addressed in this difficult and complex work.
A penetrating selection of highly original essays on Friedrich Nietzsche's cataclysmic work The Antichrist.
The contributors are world-renowned scholars of Nietzsche and Philosophy
There is no other title which explores Nietzsche's The Antichrist in this much detail or with such cutting-edge approaches
The book also provides a detailed bibliography for readers wanting to pursue further reading
Introduction, Daniel Conway (Texas A&M University, USA)
1. A Revived God in The Antichrist? Nietzsche and the Sacralization of Natural Life Lawrence J. Hatab (Old Dominion University, USA)
2 History, Nature and the “Genetic Fallacy” in The Antichrist's Revaluation of Values Tom Stern (University College London, UK)
3 Comparative Religion in The Antichrist: Pastiche, Subversion, Cultural Intervention Antoine Panaïoti (Ryserson University, Canada)
4 Nietzsche's Antichristian Ethics: Renaissance Virtù and the Project of Re-evaluation David Owen (University of Southampton, UK)
5 Nietzsche's Critique of Kant's Priestly Philosophy Paul S. Loeb (University of Puget Sound, USA)
6 Nietzsche's Quest for the Historical Jesus Anthony Jensen (Providence College, USA)
7 Nietzsche and the Critique of Religion Tracy B. Strong (UCSD and University of Southampton, UK)
8 Nihilism, Naturalism, and the Will to Power in Nietzsche's The Anti-Christ Christian J. Emden (Rice University, USA)
9 Resurgent Nobility and the Problem of False Consciousness Daniel Conway (Texas A&M University, USA)
10 Deconstructing the Human: Ludwig Binswanger on Homo Natura in Nietzsche and Freud Vanessa Lemm (Flinders University, Australia)
11 Reading Dostoevsky in Turin: The Antichrist's Accelerationism Gary Shapiro (University of Richmond, USA)
Index
This is a most welcome volume that brings to bear much needed critical attention on one of Nietzsche's most important texts from his fertile late period. To illuminate this most provocative of texts Daniel Conway has assembled some of the finest commentators and scholars currently writing on Nietzsche today. The result is an incredibly rich and highly instructive set of well-researched and lucidly written essays that will engage readers across the humanities, including in philosophy, the history of ideas, literary studies, and German studies.
Daniel W. Conway has assembled a treasure trove of stunningly brilliant essays, penned by the very best Nietzsche scholars worldwide. Altogether, the contributors lend Nietzsche's The Antichrist the attention it is woefully due but has heretofore somehow missed. Philosophers, political theorists, religious scholars, scientists, ethicists-readers of many sorts!-will immensely appreciate their encounters with these captivating, readable, and wise essays.
Although Nietzsche's readers have given relatively little attention to The Antichrist, the publication of this collection demonstrates that the book Nietzsche described as his “revaluation of all values” more than merits philosophical scrutiny. Through detailed reconstruction and analysis of Nietzsche's insights and arguments, these essays, each written by a prominent Nietzsche scholar, deepen our understanding of familiar themes including: Nietzsche's critique of Christianity; his psychological reconstruction of the “Redeemer type”; his conception of specifically “priestly philosophy”; and his “naturalization” of the human. Daniel Conway's collection is a valuable addition to the philosophical study of Nietzsche's critique of modernity.
- Title: Nietzsche and The Antichrist: Religion, Politics, and Culture in Late Modernity
- Author: Daniel Conway
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
- Print Publication Date: 2019
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781350016903, 9781350175785, 1350175781, 135001690X
- Resource ID: LLS:9781350016903
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-04-09T01:08:19Z
Daniel Conway is Professor of Philosophy and Humanities at Texas A&M University, USA. He has lectured and published widely on topics pertaining to 19th-Century Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy, Philosophy and Literature, Philosophy and Film, and Philosophy of Religion.