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Nietzsche, the Aristocratic Rebel - (Historical Materialism) by Domenico Losurdo (Paperback)

Nietzsche, the Aristocratic Rebel - (Historical Materialism) by  Domenico Losurdo (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p>Available in English for the first time, this masterwork is widely regarded as the single most important book on Nietzsche.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Perhaps no philosopher is more of a conundrum than Nietzsche, the solitary rebel, poet, wayfarer, anti-revolutionary Aufklärer and theorist of aristocratic radicalism. His accusers identify in his 'superman' the origins of Nazism, and thus issue an irrevocable condemnation; his defenders pursue a hermeneutics of innocence founded ultimately in allegory.</p><p>In a work widely regarded as the most important contribution to Nietzschean studies in recent decades, Domenico Losurdo instead pursues a less reductive strategy. Taking literally the ruthless implications of Nietzsche's anti-democratic thinking--his celebration of slavery, of war and colonial expansion, and eugenics--he nevertheless refuses to treat these from the perspective of the mid-twentieth century. In doing so, he restores Nietzsche's works to their complex nineteenth-century context, and presents a more compelling account of the importance of Nietzsche as philosopher than can be expected from his many contemporary apologists.</p><p>Originally published in Italian by Bollati Boringhieri Editore as Domenico Losurdo, Nietzsche, il ribelle aristocratico: Biografia intellettuale e bilancio critico, Turin, 2002.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><strong>Domenico Losurdo</strong> (1941-2018) was an Italian Marxist philosopher and historian. He was a Professor of History of Philosophy at the University of Urbino and one of the world 's leading Hegel scholars and an expert on 19th and 20th-century intellectual history. He has produced a large body of scholarly work that aims at an analysis of European, and particularly German, philosophy and political thought.</p><p><strong>Gregor Benton</strong> is emeritus professor of Chinese history at Cardiff University. He has published many books on China and other subjects.</p><p><strong>Harrison Fluss</strong> is a corresponding editor with Historical Materialism and a lecturer in philosophy at St. John's University and Manhattan College.</p>

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