List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Note on texts, translations, references; Introduction Simon May; 1. The future of evil Raymond Geuss; 2. On the nobility of Nietzsche's priests R. Lanier Anderson; 3. The genealogy of guilt Bernard Reginster; 4. Why Nietzsche is still in the morality game Simon May; 5. Who is the 'sovereign individual'? Nietzsche on freedom Brian Leiter; 6. Ressentiment and morality Peter Poellner; 7. The role of life in the Genealogy Nadeem Hussain; 8. The relevance of history for moral philosophy: a study of Nietzsche's Genealogy Paul Katsafanas; 9. Why would master morality surrender its power? Lawrence Hatab; 10. 'Genealogy' and the Genealogy Peter Kail; 11. The promising animal: the art of reading On the Genealogy of Morality as testimony Stephen Mulhall; 12. Nietzsche and the 'aesthetics of character' Edward Harcourt; 13. Nietzsche and the virtues of mature egoism Christine Swanton; 14. Une promesse de bonheur? Beauty in the Genealogy Aaron Ridley; Bibliography; Index.
This book features original scholarly essays by leading philosophers, which bring to life Nietzsche's most challenging work of ethics.
Simon May is Visiting Professor of Philosophy at King's College, University of London. His monographs include Nietzsche's Ethics and His War on 'Morality' (1999), a book of his own aphorisms entitled Thinking Aloud: A Collection of Aphorisms (2009), and Love: A History (2011).
'This is a fine volume with a very impressive range, featuring
genuinely new and, in some cases, provocative lines of
interpretation. It will make an incisive contribution to discussion
of this important text.' Duncan Large, Swansea University
'This collection is a showcase for some of the best contemporary
scholarship on the Genealogy of Morality, and will prove invaluable
to both scholars of Nietzsche as well as moral philosophers with an
interest in moral psychology. Taken together, these articles make
an excellent argument for the vitality, modernity, and urgency of
Nietzsche's genealogical challenge to morality.' Judith Norman,
Trinity University
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