Nietzsche and the Shadow of God

In Nietzsche and the Shadow of God (Nietzsche et l'ombre de Dieu), his study of Nietzsche's integral philosophical corpus, Franck revisits the fundamental concepts of Nietzsche's thought, from the death of God and the will to power, to the body as the seat of thinking and valuing, and finally to his conception of a post-Christian justice.

About the author

DIDIER FRANCK is a professor of philosophy at the Université de Paris X, Nanterre, and a scholar of Husserl, Heidegger, and Nietzsche. He is the author most recently of L'un-pour-l'autre: Levinas et la signification (2008).

BETTINA BERGO is an associate professor of philosophy at the Université de Montréal. She has edited and translated many works, including Nietzsche and Levinas: "After the Death of a Certain God" (with Jill Stauffer, 2009). Bergo is the author of Levinas Between Ethics and Politics (2002). PHILIPPE FARAH is a graduate student in the philosophy department at the Université de Montréal.

Summary

In Nietzsche and the Shadow of God, his study of Nietzsche’s integral philosophical corpus, Franck revisits the fundamental concepts of Nietzsche’s thought, from the death of God and the will to power, to the body as the seat of thinking and valuing, and finally to his conception of a post-Christian justice.

Product details

• Authors: Didier Franck, Didier/ Bergo Franck, Franck Didier
• Assisted by: Bettina Bergo (Translation), Philippe Farah (Translation), Phillipe Farah (Translation)
• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.03.2012
• EAN: 9780810126664
• ISBN: 978-0-8101-2666-4
• No. of pages: 438
• Series: Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy; Northwestern University Studie; Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy; Northwestern University Studie; Studies in Phenomenology and E
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day