Nietzsche's Philosophy of Religion
Nietzsche's Philosophy of Religion

Author: Julian Young

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2006-04-06

Total Pages: 4

ISBN-13: 1107320879

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In his first book, The Birth of Tragedy, Nietzsche observes that Greek tragedy gathered people together as a community in the sight of their gods, and argues that modernity can be rescued from 'nihilism' only through the revival of such a festival. This is commonly thought to be a view which did not survive the termination of Nietzsche's early Wagnerianism, but Julian Young argues, on the basis of an examination of all of Nietzsche's published works, that his religious communitarianism in fact persists through all his writings. What follows, it is argued, is that the mature Nietzsche is neither an 'atheist', an 'individualist', nor an 'immoralist': he is a German philosopher belonging to a German tradition of conservative communitarianism - though to claim him as a proto-Nazi is radically mistaken. This important reassessment will be of interest to all Nietzsche scholars and to a wide range of readers in German philosophy.

Nietzsche's Philosophy of Religion
Nietzsche's Philosophy of Religion

Author: Julian Young

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2006-04-06

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 9780521854221

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In his first book, The Birth of Tragedy, Nietzsche observes that Greek tragedy gathered people together as a community in the sight of their gods, and argues that modernity can be rescued from 'nihilism' only through the revival of such a festival. This is commonly thought to be a view which did not survive the termination of Nietzsche's early Wagnerianism, but Julian Young argues, on the basis of an examination of all of Nietzsche's published works, that his religious communitarianism in fact persists through all his writings. What follows, it is argued, is that the mature Nietzsche is neither an 'atheist', an 'individualist', nor an 'immoralist': he is a German philosopher belonging to a German tradition of conservative communitarianism - though to claim him as a proto-Nazi is radically mistaken. This important reassessment will be of interest to all Nietzsche scholars and to a wide range of readers in German philosophy.

Nietzsche's Philosophy of Religion
Nietzsche's Philosophy of Religion

Author: Julian Young

Publisher:

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 9781107155008

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"In his first book, The Birth of Tragedy, Nietzsche observes that Greek tragedy gathered people together as a community in the sight of their gods, and argues that modernity can be rescued from 'nihilism' only through the revival of such a festival. This is commonly thought to be a view which did not survive the termination of Nietzsche's early Wagnerianism, but Julian Young argues, on the basis of an examination of all of Nietzsche's published works, that his religious communitarianism in fact persists through all his writings. What follows, it is argued, is that the mature Nietzsche is neither an 'atheist', an 'individualist' nor an 'immoralist': he is a German philosopher belonging to a German tradition of conservative communitarianism - though to claim him as a proto-Nazi is radically mistaken. This reassessment will be of interest to all Nietzsche scholars and to a wide range of readers in German philosophy."--Jacket.

Pious Nietzsche
Pious Nietzsche

Author: Bruce Ellis Benson

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 2007-12-17

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 0253003571

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Bruce Ellis Benson puts forward the surprising idea that Nietzsche was never a godless nihilist, but was instead deeply religious. But how does Nietzsche affirm life and faith in the midst of decadence and decay? Benson looks carefully at Nietzsche's life history and views of three decadents, Socrates, Wagner, and Paul, to come to grips with his pietistic turn. Key to this understanding is Benson's interpretation of the powerful effect that Nietzsche thinks music has on the human spirit. Benson claims that Nietzsche's improvisations at the piano were emblematic of the Dionysian or frenzied, ecstatic state he sought, but was ultimately unable to achieve, before he descended into madness. For its insights into questions of faith, decadence, and transcendence, this book is an important contribution to Nietzsche studies, philosophy, and religion.

Nietzsche, Metaphor, Religion
Nietzsche, Metaphor, Religion

Author: Tim Murphy

Publisher: SUNY Press

Published: 2001-10-18

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 9780791450871

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Presents a radically anti-foundationalist reading of Nietzsche's philosophy of religion.

Nietzsche, Religion, and Mood
Nietzsche, Religion, and Mood

Author: Sampsa Andrei Saarinen

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2019-05-20

Total Pages: 278

ISBN-13: 311062107X

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Die Reihe Monographien und Texte zur Nietzsche-Forschung (MTNF) setzt seit mehreren Jahrzehnten die Agenda in der sich stetig verändernden Nietzsche-Forschung. Die Bände sind interdisziplinär und international ausgerichtet und spiegeln das gesamte Spektrum der Nietzsche-Forschung wider, von der Philosophie über die Literaturwissenschaft bis zur politischen Theorie. Die Reihe veröffentlicht Monographien und Sammelbände, die einem strengen Peer-Review-Verfahren unterliegen. Die Buchreihe wird von einem internationalen Redaktionsteam geleitet.

Nietzsche and the Gods
Nietzsche and the Gods

Author: Weaver Santaniello

Publisher: SUNY Press

Published: 2001-10-05

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9780791451144

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Examines Nietzsche's complex attitudes toward religion and his understanding of how particular religions and deities affect the intellectual, moral, and spiritual lives of their various proselytes and adherents.

Nietzsche and Zen
Nietzsche and Zen

Author: André van der Braak

Publisher: Lexington Books

Published: 2011-08-16

Total Pages: 251

ISBN-13: 073916550X

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In Nietzsche and Zen: Self-Overcoming Without a Self, André van der Braak engages Nietzsche in a dialogue with four representatives of the Buddhist Zen tradition: Nagarjuna (c. 150-250), Linji (d. 860), Dogen (1200-1253), and Nishitani (1900-1990).In doing so, he reveals Nietzsche's thought as a philosophy of continuous self-overcoming, in which even the notion of "self" has been overcome. Van der Braak begins by analyzing Nietzsche's relationship to Buddhism and status as a transcultural thinker,recalling research on Nietzsche and Zen to date and setting out the basic argument of the study. He continues by examining the practices of self-overcoming in Nietzsche and Zen, comparing Nietzsche's radical skepticism with that of Nagarjuna and comparingNietzsche's approach to truth to Linji's. Nietzsche's methods of self-overcoming are compared to Dogen's zazen, or sitting meditation practice, and Dogen's notion of forgetting the self. These comparisons and others build van der Braak's case for acriticism of Nietzsche informed by the ideas of Zen Buddhism and a criticism of Zen Buddhism seen through the Western lens of Nietzsche - coalescing into one world philosophy. This treatment, focusing on one of the most fruitful areas of research withincontemporary comparative and intercultural philosophy, will be useful to Nietzsche scholars, continental philosophers, and comparative philosophers.

Nietzsche and Islam
Nietzsche and Islam

Author: Roy Jackson

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2007-03-12

Total Pages: 205

ISBN-13: 1134205007

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Highly topical as concerned with the ‘clash of civilisations’ debate Provides an original insight into Nietzsche’s views on religion, his methodology and Islam Takes a completely different perspective instead of the usual Christian one.