A Companion to Nietzsche (Blackwell Companions to Philosophy, Vol. 33)

__A Companion to Nietzsche__ provides a comprehensive guide to all the main aspects of Nietzsche's philosophy, profiling the most recent research and trends in scholarship. * Brings together an international roster of both rising stars and established scholars, including many of the leading commentators and interpreters of Nietzsche. * Showcases the latest trends in Nietzsche scholarship, such as the renewed focus on Nietzsche’s philosophy of time, of nature, and of life. * Includes clearly organized sections on Art, Nature, and Individuation; Nietzsche's New Philosophy of the Future; Eternal Recurrence, the Overhuman, and Nihilism; Philosophy of Mind; Philosophy and Genealogy; Ethics; Politics; Aesthetics; Evolution and Life. * Features fresh treatments of Nietzsche’s core and enigmatic doctrines. Chronology Of Nietzsche's Life And Work -- Friedrich Nietzsche : An Introduction To His Thought, Life, And Work / Keith Ansell Pearson -- Nietzsche And The Art Of The Aphorism / Jill Marsden -- Part I. Art, Nature, And Individuation -- The Aesthetic Justification Of Existence / Daniel Came -- Nietzsche On Individuation And Purposiveness In Nature / Elaine P. Miller -- The Individual And Individuality In Nietzsche / Nuno Nabais -- Part Ii. Nietzsche's Philosophy Of The Future -- Nietzsche's 'gay' Science / Babette E. Babich -- Nietzsche And Philosophical Anthropology / Richard Schacht -- Nietzsche's Philosophy And True Religion / Laurence Lampert -- The Naturalisms Of Beyond Good And Evil / Maudemarie Clark And David Dudrick -- Part Iii. Eternal Recurrence, The Overhuman, And Nihilism -- Identity And Eternal Recurrence / Paul S. Loeb -- Nietzsche And Cosmology / Robin Small -- Nietzsche On Time And Becoming / John Richardson --^ The Incorporation Of Truth: Towards The Overhuman / Keith Ansell Pearson -- Nihilism And Skepticism In Nietzsche / Andreas Urs Sommer -- Part Iv. Philosophy Of Mind -- The Body, The Self, And The Ego / Volker Gerhardt -- Phenomenology And Science In Nietzsche / Peter Poellner -- Naturalism And Nietzsche's Moral Psychology / Christa Davis Acampora -- Part V. Philosophy And Genealogy -- Naturalism And Genealogy / Christopher Janaway -- The Philosophical Function Of Genealogy / Robert Guay -- Agent And Deed In Nietzsche's Genealogy Of Morals / Robert B. Pippin -- Part Vi. Ethics -- Nietzsche And Ethics / Paul Van Tongeren -- Rebaptizing Our Evil : On The Revaluation Of All Values / Kathleen Marie Higgins -- Nietzsche's Fatalism / Robert C. Solomon -- Part Vii. Politics -- Nietzsche Contra Liberalism On Freedom / Herman Siemens -- Nietzsche And National Identity / Diane Morgan -- Part Viii. Aesthetics -- Nietzsche On Geophilosophy And Geoaesthetics / Gary Shapiro --^ Nietzsche, Dionysus, And The Ontology Of Music / Christoph Cox -- Part Ix. Evolution And Life: The Will To Power -- Nietzsche And Evolutionary Theory / Gregory Moore -- Life And Self-overcoming / Daniel W. Conway / Nietzsche's Theory Of The Will To Power / James I. Porter -- A Critique Of The Will To Power / Henry Staten. Edited By Keith Ansell Pearson. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Nietzsche's philosophy exercised an influence on twentieth-century thought, and is a significant source of inspiration for work in the major branches of philosophical inquiry. This volume includes: an introduction to Nietzsche's life and thought; an essay on his art of the aphorism; and sections on Art, Nature, and Individuation