Nietzsche and the "English" : the influence of British and American thinking on his philosophy
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Nietzsche and the "English" : the influence of British and American thinking on his philosophy
（JHP books series）
Humanity Books, 2008
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"Books by or about British and American authors in Nietzsche's library": p. 279-292
Includes index
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Description
Friedrich Nietzsche-one of the most read and discussed philosophers of all time-is frequently regarded as a quintessentially German philosopher, yet one who had strong anti-German tendencies and late in his development turned increasingly pro-French. However, his relation to British-American thinking and culture has been largely ignored, although its focus on progress, rationality, empiricism, and science constituted a major tradition during the nineteenth century.
This work explores Nietzsche's explicit and implicit relation to this tradition, including utilitarianism, Darwinism, Anglo-American scholarly and scientific work, and culture in general. Based on extensive research in Nietzsche's library and unpublished material in the Goethe-Schiller Archive in Weimar, Germany, historian of science Thomas H. Brobjer demonstrates conclusively that Nietzsche was much more involved with and influenced by "English" philosophy than has previously been realized. His study reveals that Nietzsche passed through two periods of distinctly pro-British sentiment. By examining hundreds of unpublished book-bills, Brobjer is able to reconstruct Nietzsche's possession, and time of acquisition, of British and American books. Tables at the end present detailed chronological and alphabetical listings of Nietzsche's extensive reading of British-American texts.
With thorough and detailed discussions of Nietzsche's comments on and reading of English and American works and themes, Brobjer uncovers a different Nietzsche from the high-strung iconoclastic philosopher usually emphasized, providing many new insights into how Nietzsche thought and worked.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Part 1: Nietzsche's Knowledge & Reading of British & American Philosophy & Literature -- Nietzsche's Knowledge of the English Language
- Nietzsche's Knowledge and Reading of "English" Philosophy
- Nietzsche's Love of British Literature
- Nietzsche's Knowledge and View of North America
- Nietzsche's Love of American Literature
- Nietzsche's Reading of Scholarly and Scientific Works by British and American Authors. Part 2: British & American Influences on Nietzsche's Philosophy -- Nietzsche's Debt to Emerson
- Nietzsche's Positivism and His Pro-British Period
- Nietzsche's Relation to Bentham, Mill, Spencer, and Utilitarianism
- Nietzsche's Reading about, Knowledge of, and Relation to Darwinism
- Epilogue
- Index.
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