The following review appeared in the July 2006 issue of CHOICE.
A Companion to Nietzsche, ed. by Keith Ansell Pearson. Blackwell
Publishing, 2006. 600p bibl index (Blackwell companions to philosophy,
33) ISBN 1405116226, $149.95
This worthwhile collection portrays many of the most preeminent
Nietzschean scholars in Europe and the US. The volume adds to an
excellent series in philosophy by Blackwell. It offers a moving array
of Nietzsche scholars who represent a plethora of approaches. Following
the two practical introductions to Nietzsche's life, philosophy, and
style, the varied essays address the most familiar Nietzschean themes,
as well as important but more neglected ones such as Nietzsche's notion
of science. The major sections include "Art, Nature, and
Individuation," "Nietzsche's Philosophy of the Future," "Philosophy of
Mind," "Philosophy and Genealogy," "Ethics," "Politics," "Aesthetics,"
and "Evolution and Life." Moreover, contributors offer innovative
treatments of Nietzsche's core and enigmatic ideas such as eternal
recurrence, the will to power, and the "overhuman." Interestingly woven
together are Nietzsche's published and unpublished Nachlass. Among the
contributors are a stimulating selection of scholars and new writers on
Nietzschean themes. They include Jill Marsden, Babette E. Babich,
Volker Gerhardt, Kathleen Marie Higgins, Laurence Lampert, Richard
Schacht, Andreas Urs Sommer, and Paul van Tongeren. Summing Up:
Recommended. Graduate students and above.
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