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This volume documents the cultural-philosophical, aesthetic, and political dimensions of the confrontation between Nietzsche and Wagner: their conflicting relationship from Nietzsche's initial admiration of Wagner up to their breakup and its consequences. Jutta Georg, Goethe University Frankfurt/Main, Germany; Renate Reschke, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany.

Main description: The contributions address the multi-dimensional category of the unconscious in Nietzsche's philosophy, in order to analyze the modern dilemmatic human existence. The approaches originate from a wide range of disciplines, including anthropology, literary studies, philosophy, psychology, and psychoanalysis. Among the topics discussed are aesthetics, philosophy of consciousness, epistemology, morality, culture, and religion.

The Gay Scienceis regarded as the first fully developed presentation of Nietzsche's mature philosophy. For the first time, it formulated the motifs later referred to as his 'teachings,' including the death of God, the amor fati, the affirmation of life, the will to power, and perspectivism. G. Colli called it 'Nietzsche's most successful attempt at philosophical communication.' Its reception signaled the beginning of modern Nietzsche research. Christian Benne, University of Copenhagen, Denmark; Jutta Georg-Lauer, University of Mainz, Germany.

The Gay Science is regarded as the first fully developed presentation of Nietzsche's mature philosophy. For the first time, it formulated the motifs later referred to as his "teachings," including the death of God, the amor fati, the affirmation of life, the will to power, and perspectivism. G. Colli called it "Nietzsche's most successful attempt at philosophical communication." Its reception signaled the beginning of modern Nietzsche research.

"The contributions address the multi-dimensional category of the unconscious in Nietzsche's philosophy, in order to analyze the modern dilemmatic human existence. The approaches originate from a wide range of disciplines, including anthropology, cognitive sciences, gender studies, literary studies, philosophy, psychology, and psychoanalysis. An equally broad range of topics are discussed, such as aesthetics and psychic energy in the arts, philosophy of consciousness, epistemology, morality, culture, and religion"--Provided by publisher