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Informationen zum Autor Jeffrey Church is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Houston. He is the author of Nietzsche's Culture of Humanity: Beyond Aristocracy and Democracy in the Early Period (Cambridge University Press, 2015) and Infinite Autonomy: The Divided Individual in the Political Thought of G. W. F. Hegel and Friedrich Nietzsche (Penn State University Press, 2012) which was awarded Best First Book by the Foundations of Political Theory section of APSA. Klappentext Edinburgh Critical Guides to Nietzsche SeriesSeries editors: Keith Ansell-Pearson and Daniel ConwayThis series offers a comprehensive guide to the key texts and philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche for students and scholars alike. Each of his texts will be clearly explained in its historical context. The books also feature new research and demonstrate why Nietzsche remains such a relevant figure today.Each book includes:. A chronology of life and work. A glossary of key terms. An index of names and subjects and an index of passages cited. A guide to further readingDiscover the whole series at edinburghuniversitypress.com/series/egn A guide to the whole of Nietzsche's understudied early masterpiece Unfashionable Observations remains a puzzle. Comprised of four independent essays it is hard to see what structure, principles and arguments unify the text.Jeffrey Church offers the first full treatment of all the essays, tracing the common themes of freedom, culture and genius which unify the book as a whole.Requiring no prior knowledge of Nietzsche or the text, Church sets the essays in historical and philosophical context, takes you through the text section-by-section and offers a structural overview of each essay. You will find the main debates in the scholarship and deepen your understanding of the overall logic and development of these often opaque essays.Jeffrey Church is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Houston. Zusammenfassung Presupposing no prior knowledge of Nietzsche or Observations, Jeffrey Church sets the book in its historical and philosophical context, guides you through the text section-by-section and develops a structural overview of each of the four essays in it. He reveals how the common themes of freedom, culture and genius unify the book. Inhaltsverzeichnis ChronologyAbbreviationsIntroduction1. Philosophical BackgroundNietzsche, neo-KantianSchopenhauer and the fundamental problemKant, exemplarity and the value of freedomSchiller and the artistic lifeCulture in Kant and Schiller2. David Strauss the Confessor and the WriterStructural overview1. The political corruption of German culture2. The democratic corruption of German culture3. David Strauss as the 'anti-genius'4-5. The 'heaven' of the new faith6-7. The 'courage' of the new faith7-8. The 'world' of the new faith8-12. Strauss as a bad writer3. On the Utility and Liability of History for LifeStructural overviewForeword: the philosopher in the historical age1. Life2. Monumental history3. Antiquarian and critical history4. The transition from ancient to modern history5. The decline of the active life in modernity6. Justice and the new history7. Arrested growth and development in modernity8. Modernity's philosophy of history9. The redemption of humanity10. Fixing modern culture4. Schopenhauer as EducatorStructural overview1. Freedom2. The exemplar's education of affect3. The exemplar's education of character4. The exemplar's education of culture5. Elevating the individual to culture6. Culture and the value of existence7. Modern conditions for fostering genius8. The independence of culture from politics5. Richard Wagner in BayreuthStructural overview1. The tasks of the unfashionable audience2. Wagner's two drives3. Wagner's struggle with modern culture4. Art and the tragic justification of existence5-6. Wagner's redemption of modern culture7. The free...
