Nietzsche's Death of God and Italian Philosophy

With a preface by Gianni Vattimo, this book offers both an overview of contemporary Italian philosophy and a new interpretation of Nietzsche's 'God is Dead' in connection with the notion of freedom as the original dynamic of the will to power.

List of contents

Preface, Gianni Vattimo / Introduction: Thinking the Origin / 1. Nietzsche's Actuality or Untimeliness? / 2. Italian Philosophy from Idealism to the 'Crisis of Reason' / 3. The Death of God in the Italian Philosophical Debate / 4. Style and Grounding / 5. The Will to Power / 6. Nietzsche's Impolitical / 7. Destiny of Nihilism / 8. Conclusion / Bibliography / Index

Product details

• Authors: Emilio Carlo Corriero
• Assisted by: Di Stefano Vanessa (Translation)
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2016
• EAN: 9781783488131
• ISBN: 978-1-78348-813-1
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 227 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 431 g
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, Western philosophy from c 1800, Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, Western Philosophy, From C 1900 -