Nietzsche's Kind of Philosophy

A holistic reading of Nietzsches distinctive thought beyond the death of God. In Nietzsches Kind of Philosophy, Richard Schacht provides a holistic interpretation of Friedrich Nietzsches distinctive thinking, developed over decades of engagement with the philosophers work. For Schacht, Nietzsches overarching project is to envision a philosophy of the future attuned to new challenges facing Western humanity after the death of God, when monotheism no longer anchors our understanding of ourselves and our world. Schacht traces the developmental arc of Nietzsches philosophical efforts across Human, All Too Human, Daybreak, Joyful Knowing (The Gay Science), Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Beyond Good and Evil, and On the Genealogy of Morality. He then shows how familiar labels for Nietzschenihilist, existentialist, individualist, free spirit, and naturalistprove insufficient individually but fruitful if refined and taken together. The result is an expansive account of Nietzsches kind of philosophy.