Nietzsche and Philosophy

Praised for its rare combination of scholarly rigor and imaginative interpretation, Nietzsche and Philosophy has long been recognized as one of the most important analyses of Nietzsche. It is also one of the best introductions to Deleuzes thought, establishing many of his central philosophical positions.
In Nietzsche and Philosophy, Deleuze identifies and explores three crucial concepts in Nietzschean thought-multiplicity, becoming, and affirmation-and clarifies Nietzsches views regarding the will to power, eternal return, nihilism, and difference. For Deleuze, Nietzsche challenged conventional philosophical ideas and provided a means of escape from Hegels dialectical thinking, which had come to dominate French philosophy. He also offered a path toward a politics of difference. In this new edition, Michael Hardts foreword examines the profound influence of Deleuzes provocative interpretations on the study of Nietzsche, which opened a whole new avenue in postwar thought.

List of contents

Preface to the English Translation Translator's Note Abbreviations of Nietzsche's WOrks 1. The Tragic 2. Active and Reactive 3. Critique 4. From Ressentiment to the Bad Conscience 5. The Overman: Against the Dialective Conclusion Notes

Product details

• Authors: Gilles Deleuze, Deleuze Gilles
• Assisted by: Michael Hardt (Foreword), Hugh Tomlinson (Translation), Tomlinson Hugh (Translation)
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.04.2006
• EAN: 9780231138765
• ISBN: 978-0-231-13876-5
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: European Perspectives; Columbia Classics in Philosophy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, History of Western philosophy