Nietzsche Reader, The

Nietzsche's impact on modern thought cannot be overstated. Generations have been influenced by this controversial and exciting thinker whose work nourishes academic fields as diverse as philosophy, literary studies and political theory. This collection brings together in one volume substantial selections from Nietzsche's complete oeuvre, including some never-before-published in book form in English. The Reader also features impressive pedagogical features including editorial sections on Nietzsche's life and importance, an opening introduction to his philosophical ideas, introductions to each major section, and a comprehensive guide to further reading. All of Nietzsche's major texts are generously excerpted here, including The Birth of Tragedy; Human, All Too Human; Daybreak; The Gay Science; Thus Spoke Zarathustra; Beyond Good and Evil; On the Genealogy of Morality; Twilight of the Idols; The Anti-Christ; and Ecce Homo. Also showcased are selections from Nietzsche's lesser-known writings, including his early critique 'On Schopenhauer', Philosophy in the Tragic Age of the Greeks, and the seminal essay 'On Truth and Lies in a Non-Moral Sense'. There are new translations of key pieces from Nietzsche's unpublished notebooks of the 1880s, too, including the first sketch of the doctrine of eternal recurrence and the 'Lenzer Heide' text on 'European Nihilism'.