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The Nietzsche disappointment : reckoning with Nietzsche's unkept promises on origins and outcomes

The Nietzsche Disappointment confronts Nietzsche's recurrent, symptomatic struggles with causal accounts. His explanations of past and future raise high hopes; when they fail they are responsible for profound disappointment.
Print Book, English, c2005
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, Md., c2005
Criticism, interpretation, etc
xvii, 267 p. ; 23 cm.
9780742543461, 9780742543478, 0742543463, 0742543471
1170602543
Part 1 Abbreviations and Principal References Part 2 Preface Part 3 Introduction Part 4 Chapter 1: "On the Use and Disadvantage of History for Life": First Temporalizing, Then Temporizing Chapter 5 Four Thoughts between Chapters Part 6 Chapter 2: The Birth of Tragedy: The First Philosopher Chapter 7 Initial Objections Part 8 Chapter 3: On the Genealogy of Morals: The Problem of "Evil" Chapter 9 Some Remarks on the Causal Sequence Part 10 Chapter 4: Beyond Good and Evil: The Philosopher of the Future Part 11 Conclusion: To Finish with Nietzsche Part 12 Bibliography Part 13 Index