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Julian Young
Nietzsche’s Philosophy of Religion
New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006
Julian Young’s Nietzsche’s Philosophy of Religion is a tremendously exciting yet meticulously scholarly work, which overturns a century of Nietzsche interpretation, (primarily but not exclusively Anglophone) and re-roots Nietzsche solidly in the late 19th century “Volkish” environment Read more …
Julian Young’s Nietzsche’s Philosophy of Religion, Part 2
Part 2 of 2
Julian Young
Nietzsche’s Philosophy of Religion
New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006
By the time he came to write Thus Spoke Zarathustra
, Nietzsche had liberated himself from naturalism by means of his doctrine of perspectivism – no viewpoint, including science, is epistemologically privileged, though some, like the Dionysian, are healthier than others. Read more …