Nietzsche

The last twenty-five years have witnessed a virtual explosion of scholarship devoted to the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche. Largely ignored (and often proscribed) for the first half of the twentieth century, Nietzsche's writings are now considered seminal to a number of scholarly disciplines, including philosophy, political theory, depth psychology, jurisprudence, rhetoric, anthropology, sociology, and comparative literature. Nietzsche is also widely regarded as the first thinker of the 'post-modern' epoch. His iconoclastic insights lie at the heart of such interdisciplinary enterprises as deconstruction, critical theory, anti-foundationalism, Lacanian psychoanalysis, feminist criticism, critical legal studies, and multicultural studies. This recent explosion of scholarship is matched only by the rapid proliferation of academic and popular interest in Nietzsche's philosophy. Nietzsche's current readership comprises constituencies drawn from various and disparate academic backgrounds, and owing to his chequered reception, scholars have come to Nietzsche from diverse critical standpoints. Nietzsche: Critical Assessments collects together the very best scholarship available on his multi dimensional thought. The articles included in this comprehensive set are written by leading Nietzsche scholars and demonstrate the serious re-consideration of Nietzsche's thought as a whole in a number of academic fields and disciplines over the last 30 years.