Beschreibung:
Michael Ure is Senior Lecturer in the School of Social Sciences, Monash University, Victoria. He has published widely on Nietzsche's philosophy, including his book Nietzsche's Therapy (2008).
Shows how Nietzsche's pivotal work The Gay Science formulates his three key concepts: the death of God, eternal recurrence and self-fashioning.
Introduction; 1. Nietzsche's tragicomedy; 2. Nietzsche's new nobility: book one; 3. Redeeming art: book two; 4. Shadows of God: book three; 5. Sanctus Januarius: book four; 6. Eternal recurrence: personal infinity; 7. Dionysian pessimism: book five; 8. Nietzsche's Saturnalia: 1886 preface.