Affirmation of Life: Nietzsche on Overcoming Nihilism

by Bernard Reginster

Book Overview

Among all the great thinkers of the past two hundred years, Nietzsche continues to occupy a special place--not only for a broad range of academics but also for members of a wider public, who find some of their most pressing existential concerns addressed in his works. Central among these concerns is the question of the meaning of a life characterized by inescapable suffering, at a time when the traditional responses inspired by Christianity are...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674030648
• ISBN13: 9780674030640
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.1"