Nietzsche : truth and redemption : critique of the postmodernist Nietzsche

This Challenging New Reading Of Nietzsche Counters The Highly Misleading Interpretation Of Post-modern Commentators, Largely Under The Influence Of Derrida. In This Powerful Critique, The Author Reconstructs Nietzsche's Relationship To Schopenhauer And Heidegger, And Argues That Nietzsche Was Not, As The Postmodernists Contend, A Relativist Or Pluralist, But That He Cultivated An Existential Appreciation Of Truth. 1. Perspectivism And Its Limits -- 2. Hierarchy Of The Spirit -- 3. Redemption And Life Affirmation -- 4. Nietzsche And Heidegger -- Conclusion: How To Read Nietzsche. Ted Sadler. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [253]-260) And Index. Continuum Contents 10 Preface 11 Notes on References and Method of Citation 12 Introduction 14 1 Perspectivism and its Limits 28 2 Hierarchy of the Spirit 80 3 Redemption and Life Affirmation 129 4 Nietzsche and Heidegger 187 Conclusion: How to Read Nietzsche 222 Notes 229 Bibliography of Works Cited 266 Index 274 A 274 B 274 C 274 D 274 E 274 F 274 G 274 H 275 I 275 J 275 K 275 L 275 M 275 N 275 O 275 P 275 R 275 S 275 T 275 W 275 ISBN-13:,9780485114713 Contents......Page 10 Preface......Page 11 Notes on References and Method of Citation......Page 12 Introduction......Page 14 1 Perspectivism and its Limits......Page 28 2 Hierarchy of the Spirit......Page 80 3 Redemption and Life Affirmation......Page 129 4 Nietzsche and Heidegger......Page 187 Conclusion: How to Read Nietzsche......Page 222 Notes......Page 229 Bibliography of Works Cited......Page 266 G......Page 274 W......Page 275 This reading of Nietzsche counters the often misleading interpretation of post-modern commentators, largely under the influence of Derrida. In this critique, the author reconstructs Nietzche's relationship to Schopenhauer and Heidegger, and argues that Nietzsche was not, as the postmodernists contend, a relativist or pluralist, but that he cultivated an existential appreciation of truth. Aims to counter the often misleading interpretation of post-modern commentators, reconstructing Nietzsche's relationship to Schopenhauer and Heidegger, and arguing that Nietzsche was not a relativist or pluralist, but that he cultivated an existential appreciation of truth.