Beyond Selflessness: Reading Nietzsche's Genealogy

by Christopher Janaway

Book Overview

Christopher Janaway presents a full commentary on Nietzsche's most studied work, On the Genealogy of Morality, and combines close reading of key passages with an overview of Nietzsche's wider aims. Arguing that Nietzsche's goal is to pursue psychological and historical truths concerning the origins of modern moral values, Beyond Selflessness differs from other books on Nietzsche in that it emphasizes the significance of his rhetorical methods as an...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019957085X
• ISBN13: 9780199570850
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"