Friedrich Nietzsche A Philosophical Biography [Hardcover]

Julian Young provides the most comprehensive biography available of the life and philosophy of the nineteenth-century German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche.In this beautifully written account, Julian Young provides the most comprehensive biography available today of the life and philosophy of the nineteenth-century German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. Young deals with the many puzzles created by the conjunction of Nietzsches personal history and his work: Why the son of a Lutheran pastor developed into the self-styled Antichrist; why this archetypical Prussian came to loath Bismarcks Prussia; and why this enemy of feminism preferred the company of feminist women. Setting Nietzsches thought in the context of his times  the rise of Prussian militarism, anti-Semitism, Darwinian science, the Youth and emancipationist movements, as well as the death of God  Young emphasizes the decisive influence of Plato and of Richard Wagner on Nietzsches attempted reform of Western culture. To listen to Nietzsche's compositions, visit: http://www.cambridge.org/us/nietzschemusicIn this beautifully written account, Julian Young provides the most comprehensive biography available today of the life and philosophy of the nineteenth-century German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. Young deals with the many puzzles created by the conjunction of Nietzsches personal history and his work: Why the son of a Lutheran pastor developed into the self-styled Antichrist; why this archetypical Prussian came to loath Bismarcks Prussia; and why this enemy of feminism preferred the company of feminist women. Setting Nietzsches thought in the context of his times  the rise of Prussian militarism, anti-Semitism, Darwinian science, the Youth and emancipationist movements, as well as the death of God  Young emphasizes the decisive influence of Plato and of Richard Wagner on Nietzsches attempted reform of Western culture. To listen to Nietzsche's compositions, visit: http://www.cambl3!