Nietzsche and Philosophy (European Perspectives: a Series in Social Thought & Cultural Ctiticism)

First published in 1962, Nietzsche et la philosophie demonstrates, with a rare combination of scholarly rigor and imaginative interpretation, how Friedrich Nietzsche initiated a new mode of philosophical thinking. A landmark, Nietzsche and Philosophy is one of the first books to dispute the deep-seated assumption that dialectics provide the only possible basis for radical thought. Deleuze's analysis stands at the beginning of an important avenue of postwar thought - poststructuralism. Nietzsche and Philosophy has long been recognized as one of the most important accounts of Nietzsche's philosophy, acclaimed for its rare combination of scholarly rigour and imaginative interpretation. Yet this is more than a major work on Nietzsche: the book opened a whole new avenue in post-war thought. Here Deleuze shows how Nietzsche began a new way of thinking which breaks with the dialectic as a method and escapes the confines of philosophy itself. "The fecundity of this reading and the breadth of its implications can hardly be overestimated." —Viola Brisolin The European Legacy Gilles Deleuze was professor of philosophy at the University of Paris, Vincennes St. Denis. He is the author of Difference and Repitition, Empiricism and Subjectivity, Logic of Sense, Negotiations 1972-1990, and Why Philosophy? (with Felix Guattari)-- all published in the European Perspectives series. Hugh Tomlinson, the translator, studied at the University of Paris, attending Deleuze's seminars. 1. The Tragic -- 1. The Concept Of Genealogy -- 2. Sense -- 3. The Philosophy Of The Will -- 4. Against The Dialectic -- 5. The Problem Of Tragedy -- 6. Nietzsche's Evolution -- 7. Dionysus And Christ -- 8. The Essence Of The Tragic -- 9. The Problem Of Existence -- 10. Existence And Innocence -- 11. The Dicethrow -- 12. Consequences For The Eternal Return -- 13. Nietzsche's Symbolism -- 14. Nietzsche And Mallarme -- 15. Tragic Thought -- 16. The Touchstone -- 2. Active And Reactive -- 1. The Body -- 2. The Distinction Of Forces -- 3. Quantity And Quality -- 4. Nietzsche And Science -- 5. First Aspect Of The Eternal Return : As Cosmological And Physical Doctrine -- 6. What Is The Will To Power? -- 7. Nietzsche's Terminology -- 8. Origin And Inverted Image -- 9. The Problems Of The Measure Of Forces -- 10. Hierarchy -- 11. Will To Power And Feeling Of Power -- 12. The Becoming-reactive Of Forces -- 13. Ambivalence Of Sense And Of Values -- 14. Second Aspect Of The Eternal Return : As Ethical And Selective Thought -- 15. The Problem Of The Eternal Return -- 3. Critique -- 1. Transformation Of The Sciences Of Man -- 2. The Form Of The Question In Nietzsche -- 3. Nietzsche's Method -- 4. Against His Predecessors -- 5. Against Pessimism And Against Schopenhauer -- 6. Principles For The Philosophy Of The Will -- 7. Plan Of The Genealogy Of Morals -- 8. Nietzsche And Kant From The Point Of View Of Principles -- 9. Realisation Of Critique -- 10. Nietzsche And Kant From The Point Of View Of Consequences -- 11. The Concept Of Truth -- 12. Knowledge, Morality And Religion -- 13. Thought And Life -- 14. Art -- 15. New Image Of Thought -- 4. From Ressentiment To The Bad Conscience -- 1. Reaction And Ressentiment -- 2. Principle Of Ressentiment -- 3. Typology Of Ressentiment -- 4. Characteristics Of Ressentiment -- 5. Is He Good? Is He Evil? -- 6. The Paralogism -- 7. Development Of Ressentiment : The Judaic Priest -- 8. Bad Conscience And Interiority -- 9. The Problem Of Pain -- 10. Development Of Bad Conscience : The Christian Priest -- 11. Culture Considered From The Prehistoric Point Of View -- 12. Culture Considered From The Post-historic Point Of View -- 13. Culture Considered From The Historical Point Of View -- 14. Bad Conscience, Responsibility, Guilt -- 15. The Ascetic Ideal And The Essence Of Religion -- 16. Triumph Of Reactive Forces -- 5. The Overman : Against The Dialectic -- 1. Nihilism -- 2. Analysis Of Pity -- 3. God Is Dead -- 4. Against Hegelianism -- 5. The Avatars Of The Dialectic -- 6. Nietzsche And The Dialectic -- 7. Theory Of The Higher Man -- 8. Is Man Essentially Reactive? -- 9. Nihilism And Transmutation : The Focal Point -- 10. Affirmation And Negation -- 11. The Sense Of Affirmation -- 12. The Double Affirmation : Ariadne -- 13. Dionysus And Zarathustra. Gille Deleuze ; Translated By Hugh Tomlinson. Includes Bibliographical References. Translation Of: Nietzsche Et La Philosophie. A 1962 book about Friedrich Nietzsche by the philosopher Gilles Deleuze, in which the author treats Nietzsche as a systematically coherent philosopher, discussing concepts such as the will to power and the eternal return. Nietzsche and Philosophy is a celebrated and influential work. Its publication has been seen as a significant turning-point in French philosophy, which had previously given little consideration to Nietzsche as a serious philosopher

Demonstrates how Nietzsche initiated a new mode of philosophical thinking. First published in 1962, this landmark book is one of the first to dispute the deep-seated assumption that dialectics provides the only possible basis for radical thought.