Nietzschean Mind

<p>Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest thinkers of the nineteenth century. His work continues to have a significant influence on philosophy, cultural criticism and modern intellectual history.</p><p>The Nietzschean Mind seeks to provide a comprehensive survey of his work, not only placing it in its historical context but also exploring its contemporary significance. Comprising twenty-eight chapters by a team of international contributors, the volume is divided into seven parts: </p><p></p><p>• Major works</p><p></p><p>• Philosophical psychology and agency</p><p></p><p>• The self</p><p></p><p>• Value </p><p></p><p>• Culture, society and politics</p><p></p><p>• Metaphysics and epistemology</p><p></p><p>• The affirmation of life </p><p></p><p>This handbook includes coverage of all major aspects of Nietzsche’s thought, including his discussions of value, culture, society, the self, agency, action, philosophical psychology, epistemology and metaphysics; explorations of the philosophical and scientific influences upon Nietzsche’s thought; and discussion of Nietzsche’s major works.</p><p></p><p>Essential reading for students and researchers in philosophy, Nietzsche’s work is central to ethics, moral psychology and political philosophy.</p> <p>Abbreviations of Nietzsche’s works. List of Contributors. Introduction, Paul Katsafanas. <b>I. Major Works</b>. 1. Keith Ansell-Pearson, "Cooling Down the Human Mind: <i>Human, All too Human"</i>. 2. Rebecca Bamford, "<i>Dawn"</i>. 3. Scott Jenkins, "<i>The Gay Science". </i>4.Christa Acampora, "Critical Questions: Nietzsche’s Legacy" (on BGE). 5. Allison Merrick, "We Need a Critique of Moral Values: Regarding <i>Genealogy </i>and Normativity". 6. Paul Katsafanas, "<i>The Antichrist</i> as a Guide to Nietzsche’s Mature Ethical Theory". <b>II. Philosophical psychology and agency</b>. 7. Bernard Reginster, "The Will to Power". 8. Mark Alfano, "A Schooling in Contempt: Emotions and the Pathos of Distance". 9. Tom Bailey, "Nietzsche’s Modest Theory of Agency". 10. Neil Sinhababu, "Nietzsche’s Humean—All-too-Humean—Theory of Motivation". <b>III. The self </b>. 11. Gabriel Zamosc, "Nietzschean Wholeness". 12. Mattia Riccardi, "A Tale of Two Selves: Nietzsche and the Contemporary Debates on the Self". 13. Donald Rutherford, "Nietzsche and the Self". 14. Ariela Tubert, "Nietzsche and Self-Constitution". <b>IV. Value</b>. 15. Peter Kail, "Value and Nature in Nietzsche". 16. Alex Silk, "Nietzsche and Contemporary Metaethics". 17. Reid Blackman, "Nietzsche’s Metaethics: Fictionalism for the Few, Error Theory for the Many". 18. Maria João Mayer Branco and João Constâncio, "Philosophy as Free-Spiritedness: Philosophical Evaluative Judgments and Post-Kantian Aesthetics in Nietzsche’s <i>Beyond Good and Evil"</i>. <b>V. Culture, Society, and Politics</b>. 19. David Owen, "Constructing the Agon". 20. Herman Siemens, "Nietzsche’s <i>Agon</i>". 21. Frederick Neuhouser, "Nietzsche on Spiritual Health and Cultural Pathology". 22. Robert Guay, "Genealogy and Social Practices". <b>VI. Metaphysics and Epistemology</b>. 23. Matthew Meyer, "Nietzsche’s Ontic Structural Realism". 24. Andrew Huddleston, "Against ‘Egyptism’: Nietzsche on Understanding and ‘Defining’ Concepts". 25. Jessica Berry, "The Will to a System: Nietzsche on Philosophy as Psychopathology". <b>VII. The affirmation of life</b>. 26. Daniel Came, "The Socratic Justification of Existence: Nietzsche on <i>Wissenschaft </i>and Existential Meaning". 27. Paul Loeb, "The Colossal Moment in Nietzsche’s <i>Gay Science </i>341". 28. Beatrice Han-Pile, "Nietzsche and the Affirmation of Life"</p>