Redeeming Nietzsche
On the Piety of Unbelief
Giles Fraser(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 17. January 2002
Book
Hardback
208 pages
978-0-415-27290-2 (ISBN)
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Description
Best known for having declared the death of God, Nietzsche was a thinker thoroughly absorbed in the Christian tradition in which he was born and raised. Yet while the atheist Nietzsche is well known, the pious Nietzsche is seldom recognized and rarely understood. Redeeming Nietzsche examines the residual theologian in the most vociferous of atheists.
Giles Fraser demonstrates that although Nietzsche rejected God, he remained obsessed with the question of human salvation. Examining his accounts of art, truth, morality and eternity, Nietzsche's thought is revealed to be
Giles Fraser demonstrates that although Nietzsche rejected God, he remained obsessed with the question of human salvation. Examining his accounts of art, truth, morality and eternity, Nietzsche's thought is revealed to be
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'Urgent, topical and innovative... This will be an important, much-discussed book.'-Daniel W. Conway, Pennsylvania State University 'An innovative, exciting and clear book that all who study Nietzsche should read, whether scholars or beginners.'-Philip Goodchild, University of NottinghamMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Postgraduate
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 159 mm
Weight
431 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-27290-2 (9780415272902)
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Person
Giles Fraser is a Lecturer in Philosophy at Wadham College, University of Oxford. He is also the Vicar of Putney.
Content
Acknowledgements 1. Holy Nietzsche 2. The Orientation of Nietzsche's Question of God 3. Facing the Truth, Outfacing the Horror 4. Redeeming Redemption 5. Parables of Innocence and Judgement 6. Salvation, Kitsch and the Denial of Shit 7. Sacrifice and the Logic of Exclusion 8. A Fear of the Other