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"Nietzsche regarded The Antichrist, along with Zarathustra, as his most important work. In it he outlined many epoch-defining ideas, including his dawning realisation of the 'death of God' and the inception of a new, post-moral epoch in Western history. He called the work 'a crisis without equal on earth, the most profound collision of conscience, a decision that was conjured up against everything that had been believed, demanded, hallowed'.One certainly need not share Nietzsche's estimation of his achievement in The Antichrist to conclude that there is something significant going on in this work. Indeed, even if Nietzsche overestimated its transformative power, it would be valuable nonetheless to have a clearer sense of why he thought so highly of this particular book, which is something of an outlier in his oeuvre. Until now, there has been no book that attempts to account with philosophical precision for the multiple themes addressed in this difficult and complex work."--

"This collection both reflects and contributes to the recent surge of philosophical interest in The Antichrist and represents a major contribution to Nietzsche studies. Nietzsche regarded The Antichrist, along with Zarathustra, as his most important work. In it he outlined many epoch-defining ideas, including his dawning realisation of the 'death of God' and the inception of a new, post-moral epoch in Western history. He called the work 'a crisis without equal on earth, the most profound collision of conscience, a decision that was conjured up against everything that had been believed, demanded, hallowed'. One certainly need not share Nietzsche's estimation of his achievement in The Antichrist to conclude that there is something significant going on in this work. Indeed, even if Nietzsche overestimated its transformative power, it would be valuable nonetheless to have a clearer sense of why he thought so highly of this particular book, which is something of an outlier in his oeuvre. Until now, there has been no book that attempts to account with philosophical precision for the multiple themes addressed in this difficult and complex work."--Bloomsbury Publishing

"Written by an international team of contributors, this book offers a fresh set of interpretations of Fear and Trembling, which remains Kierkegaard's most influential and popular book. The essays provide incisive accounts of the psychological and epistemological presuppositions of Fear and Trembling; of religious experience and the existential dimension of faith; of Kierkegaard's understanding of the relationship between faith and knowledge; of the purported and real conflicts between ethics and religion; of Kierkegaard's interpretation of the value of hope, trust, love and other virtues; of Kierkegaard's debts to German idealism and Protestant theology; and of his seminal contributions to the fields of psychology, existential phenomenology and literary theory. The volume will be of great interest to scholars and upper-level students of Kierkegaard studies, the history of philosophy, theology and religious studies"--

chapter Introduction: Voyage of the Damned? -- chapter 1 Political Perfectionism -- chapter 2 The Uses and Disadvantages of Morality for Life -- chapter 3 Perfectionism in the Twilight of the Idols -- future -- chapter Reich, but he nevertheless recommends a reorganization of German edu- -- chapter in the produc- -- chapter 4 Regimens of Self-Overcoming: -- The Soul Turned Inside Out -- chapter Geist) -- chapter 5 The Philosopher's Versucherkunst -- chapter 6 Comedians of the Ascetic Ideal -- chapter salutary, if limited, -- chapter 7 Nietzsche's Political Legacy -- chapter Notes -- chapter Siimtkhe Brief&.

Takes exception with the claim that Jurgen Habermas's comments about Michel Foucault in The Philosophical Discourse of Modernity (1987) demonstrate his contempt for Foucauldian genealogy, & his unwillingness to participate in a philosophical discourse with Foucault. On the contrary, it is maintained that Habernas's critique was a response to an invitation issued by Foucault & is indicative of successful communication between the two. It is suggested that Habermas & Foucault are united to define the agenda of contemporary political philosophy. Drawn in by Foucault's opposition to humanism, Habermas set out to show the involvement of Foucauldian genealogy in the vocabulary & normative aims of philosophical humanism. The task required a genealogical investigation of Foucault's project, thereby inadvertently confirming its value as a method of historical inquiry. Their confrontation at the level of genealogical communication exemplifies a philosophical twinship that fulfills some of Habermas's criteria for ideal communication, & unites them in a reclamation of the counterdiscourse of modernity. 19 References. J. Lindroth