'Twilight of the Idols' and Nietzsches Late Philosophy

Thomas Brobjer revisits Nietzsche''s Twilight of the Idols (1888) and positions it as a rich and stimulating work that contains and summarizes much of Nietzsche''s late philosophy, especially his unfinished magnum opus, The Revaluation of All Values . By examining the contents and the purpose of The Twilight of the Idols in relation to Nietzsche''s Hauptwerk , Brobjer shows the deep influence of the revaluation project on its construction, a theme ignored by almost all previous commentators. This book reveals more of what Nietzsche was reading as well as outlining influences on him at the time of writing this text, providing a comprehensive commentary that explores both German and English language scholarship. Detailed analyses of the moral, religious and scientific underpinnings of the text enable a new interpretation that is rooted in the project''s core philosophy, yielding more knowledge about The Revaluation of All Values as well as Nietzsche''s last philosophical thought and position.>

Préface
Connects Nietzsche's Twilight of the Idols to his revaluation of all values project, creating a new perspective on his late philosophy.

Auteur
Thomas H. Brobjer is Professor of Intellectual History at Uppsala University, Sweden. He has previously published Nietzsche's Ethics of Character (1995), Nietzsche and the 'English': The Influence of British and American Thinking on His Philosophy (2008), Nietzsche's Philosophical Context: An Intellectual Biography (2008) and Nietzsche's 'Ecce Homo' and the Revaluation of All Values (2021).

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Thomas Brobjer revisits Nietzsche's Twilight of the Idols (1888) and positions it as a rich and stimulating work that contains and summarizes much of Nietzsche's late philosophy, especially his unfinished magnum opus, The Revaluation of All Values. By examining the contents and the purpose of The Twilight of the Idols in relation to Nietzsche's Hauptwerk, Brobjer shows the deep influence of the revaluation project on its construction, a theme ignored by almost all previous commentators. This book reveals more of what Nietzsche was reading as well as outlining influences on him at the time of writing this text, providing a comprehensive commentary that explores both German and English language scholarship. Detailed analyses of the moral, religious and scientific underpinnings of the text enable a new interpretation that is rooted in the project's core philosophy, yielding more knowledge about The Revaluation of All Values as well as Nietzsche's last philosophical thought and position.

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1. Introduction: The Purpose of Twilight of the Idols
   2. How Has Twilight of the Idols Been Read, Understood and Used? 3. The Genesis, Chronology and Composition of Twilight of the Idols and the Revaluation of All Values
      4. Sources to and Influences on Twilight of the Idols
         5. Reading Twilight of the Idols as Relating to Nietzsche's Revaluation of All Values 5.1 General Consequences and Observations 5.2 Title, Subtitle, Foreword and the Aphorisms (Chapter 1) 5.3 The Philosophy-Critical Chapters (2, 3 and 4) 5.4 The Morality- and Religion-Critical Chapters (6, 5 and 7) 5.5 The Old Preface and Its Critique of the Germans and Their Educational System (8) 5.6 The Long Chapter on Aesthetics, Writers, Artists, etc (9) 5.7 The Last Chapter on Antiquity (10) 5.8 The Epilogue 5.9 References to the Revaluation of All Values in Twilight of the Idols 5.10 Some Conclusions 6. What Is Not Included in Twilight of the Idols: Or What Is It a Summary of? 7. The Role and Place of Eternal Recurrence in Twilight of the Idols
            8. The Role of Psychology, Reason and Instinct in Twilight of the Idols
               9. The Critique of Christianity in Twilight, and Its Relation to The Antichrist
                  10. Conclusion and Summary Appendix: Tables Summarizing Aspects of Twilight of the Idols Notes Bibliography Index