Nietzsche's Gods: Critical and Constructive Perspectives

Published by De Gruyter 2022

Nietzsche's Gods

Critical and Constructive Perspectives

Edited by: Russell Re Manning and Carlotta Santini

Volume 6 in the series Nietzsche Today

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110612172

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The place (or absence) of God in Nietzsche’s thought remains central and controversial. Nietzsche’s proclamation of 'the death of God' is one of the most famous (and parodied) slogans in modern philosophy, seeming to encapsulate the nineteenth-century loss of religious faith in the affirmation that God has "turned out to be our oldest lie" and yet the nature of Nietzsche’s own ‘theology’ is far from clear.

This volume engages with Nietzsche’s arguments about God, theology, and religion. The volume extends the discussion to an engagement of Nietzsche with alternative models of God, with ancient Greek religions, and with discussions of diversity (race, class, gender, sex) in dis/conjunction with religion.

The chapters examine Nietzsche’s genealogy of religion and his claims about the place of God and theology in the history of Western thought ("that faith of the Christians, which was also Plato’s faith"), as well as his engagements with alternative conceptions of God.

The volume also examines the historical and contemporary reception of Nietzsche’s arguments about God by religious and non-religious thinkers, asking to what extent Nietzsche’s philosophy of God speaks to the challenges of today's globalized philosophy and religion.

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R. Manning, Bath Spa University, UK; C. Santini, Technical University Berlin; I. Wienand, University of Basel, Switzerland.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Foreword Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction Russell Re Manning Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I: Nietzscheʼs Greek Gods
Nietzsche’s Apollo David Leo Tracey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	5
The Return of the Epicurean Gods Peter S. Groff Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	27
Friedrich Nietzsche on the Greek Mysteries Carlotta Santini Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
Part II: Nietzscheʼs Christianity
The Apostle Paul’s Conception of Sárx and Nietzsche’s Feeling of Power David Simonin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
Conversion and Convalescence: Matters of Grace Stelio de Carvalho Neto Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	101
Life-Affirmation and Disgust with Humanity in the Wake of the Death of God Michael J. McNeal Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	123
The Concept of ‘Antichrist’: Twilight or Renewal of Atheism Yannick Souladié Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
Part III: Nietzscheʼs Theologies
Nietzsche’s (Experimental) Perspectival Poly-Pantheisms Daniel Coyle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	167
Intoxication, Ecstasy, Death: Nietzsche on “Divine” States Andrea Rehberg Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
Religion in the Light of Good Conscience Sebastian Nino Cocever Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
Part IV: Nietzscheʼs Future Gods
The Greatest Advantage of Polytheism: Monotheism and Normalization through Truth Niklas Corall Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
The Moderate Man and the Weak God: Nietzsche, Vattimo and Nihilism Today Marinete Araujo da Silva Fobister Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241
Bataille’s Word: ‘Dieu soit mort’ (God be Dead) Alan Watt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	259
The Corpse in the Machine: Outlining a Genealogical Approach to the Technological Revolution Ferén Barrios Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	275
Index of Persons and Subjects Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	293

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Academics, institutes, libraries
Pages
- Front matter: 8
- Main content: 302
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 1
- Coloured Illustrations: 1
Keywords: Nietzsche; God; religion; diversity

eBook

Published: October 24, 2022
ISBN: 9783110612172

Hardcover

Published: October 24, 2022
ISBN: 9783110610260

Paperback

Planned Publication: June 17, 2024
ISBN: 9783110611090