'On the Genealogy of Morality' and Other Writings: Revised Student Edition (Clearscan)

Friedrich Nietzsche is one of the most influential thinkers of the past 150 years and On the Genealogy of Morality (1887) is his most important work on ethics and politics. A polemical contribution to moral and political theory, it offers a critique of moral values and traces the historical evolution of concepts such as guilt, conscience, responsibility, law and justice. This is a revised and updated edition of one of the most successful volumes to appear in Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought. Keith Ansell-Pearson has modified his introduction to Nietzsche's classic text, and Carol Diethe has incorporated a number of changes to the translation itself, reflecting the considerable advances in our understanding of Nietzsche in the twelve years since this edition first appeared. In this new guise the Cambridge Texts edition of Nietzsche's Genealogy should continue to enjoy widespread adoption, at both undergraduate and graduate level. Front Cover ......Page 1 Back Cover ......Page 2 Contents (vii) ......Page 9 Acknowledgements and a note on the text (viii) ......Page 10 A note on the revised edition (ix) ......Page 11 Introduction: on Nietzsche's critique of morality (xiii) ......Page 15 Chronology (xxx) ......Page 32 Further reading (xxxiii) ......Page 35 Biographical synopses (xxxvii) ......Page 39 ON THE GENEALOGY OF MORALITY A Polemic (1) ......Page 43 Preface (3) ......Page 45 First essay: 'Good and Evil', 'Good and Bad' (10) ......Page 52 Second essay: 'Guilt', 'bad conscience' and related matters (35) ......Page 77 Third essay: what do ascetic ideals mean? (68) ......Page 110 SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL TO ON THE GENEALOGY OF MORALITY (121) ......Page 163 HA (123) ......Page 165 D (133) ......Page 175 BGE (145) ......Page 187 GS (158) ......Page 200 'The Greek State' (1871/2) (164) ......Page 206 'Homer's Contest' (174) ......Page 216 Index of names (183) ......Page 224 Index of subjects (187) ......Page 228 On the Genealogy of Morals (1887) is a book about the history of ethics and about interpretation. Nietzsche rewrites the former as a history of cruelty, exposing the central values of the Judaeo-Christian and liberal traditions - compassion, equality, justice - as the product of a brutal process of conditioning designed to domesticate the animal vitality of earlier cultures. The result is a book which raises profoundly disquieting issues about the violence of both ethics and interpretation. Nietzsche questions moral certainties by showing that religion and science have no claim to absolute truth, before turning on his own arguments in order to call their very presuppositions into question. The Genealogy is the most sustained of Nietzsche's later works and offers one of the fullest expressions of his characteristic concerns. This edition places his ideas within the cultural context of his own time and stresses the relevance of his work for a contemporary audience. Friedrich Nietzsche is one of the most influential thinkers of the past hundred and fifty years and On the Genealogy of Morality (1887) is his most important work on ethics and politics. A polemical contribution to moral and political theory, it offers a critique of moral values and traces the historical evolution of concepts such as guilt, conscience, responsibility, law, and justice. It is a text affording valuable insight into Nietzsche's assessment of modern times and how he envisaged a possible overcoming of the epoch of nihilism. Nietzsche himself emphasized the cumulative nature of his work and the necessity for correct understanding of the later work as a development of the earlier. This volume contains new translations of the Genealogy and of the early essay 'The Greek State' and sections from other of Nietzsche's work to which he refers within it (Human, All Too Human, Daybreak, The Joyful Science, and Beyond Good and Evil) Friedrich Nietzsche is one of the most influential thinkers of the past 150 years and On the Genealogy of Morality (1887) is his most important work on ethics and politics. A polemical contribution to moral and political theory, it offers a critique of moral values and traces the historical evolution of concepts such as guilt, conscience, responsibility, law and justice. This is a revised and updated 2006 edition of one of the most successful volumes to appear in Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought. Keith Ansell-Pearson modified his introduction to Nietzsche's classic text, and Carol Diethe incorporated a number of changes to the translation itself, reflecting the considerable advances in our understanding of Nietzsche. In this guise the Cambridge Texts edition of Nietzsche's Genealogy should continue to enjoy widespread adoption, at both undergraduate and graduate level. This is a revised and updated edition of one of the most successful volumes to appear in 'Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought'. Keith Ansell-Pearson has modified his introduction to Nietzsche's classic text, and Carol Diethe has incorporated a number of changes in the translation itself. Keith Ansell-Pearson's Introduction places the Genealogy in its intellectual context and includes a chronology of Nietzsche's life and a guide to further reading