A Companion to Nietzsche provides a comprehensive guide to all the main aspects of Nietzsche's philosophy, profiling the most recent research and trends in scholarship. Brings together an international roster of both rising stars and established scholars, including many of the leading commentators and interpreters of Nietzsche.

Notes on Contributors x A Note on References to Nietzsche’s Works xv A Note on Translated Essays xviii A Note on Cross-References xix Chronology of Nietzsche’s Life and Work xx 1 Friedrich Nietzsche: An Introduction to his Thought, Life, and Work 1 Keith Ansell Pearson 2 Nietzsche and the Art of the Aphorism 22 Jill Marsden Part I ART, NATURE, AND INDIVIDUATION 39 3 The Aesthetic Justification of Existence 41 Daniel Came 4 Nietzsche on Individuation and Purposiveness in Nature 58 Elaine P. Miller 5 The Individual and Individuality in Nietzsche 76 Nuno Nabais Part II NIETZSCHE’S PHILOSOPHY OF THE FUTURE 95 6 Nietzsche’s “Gay” Science 97 Babette E. Babich 7 Nietzsche and Philosophical Anthropology 115 Richard Schacht 8 Nietzsche’s Philosophy and True Religion 133 Laurence Lampert 9 The Naturalisms of Beyond Good and Evil 148 Maudemarie Clark and David Dudrick Part III ETERNAL RECURRENCE, THE OVERHUMAN, AND NIHILISM 169 10 Identity and Eternal Recurrence 171 Paul S. Loeb 11 Nietzsche and Cosmology 189 Robin Small 12 Nietzsche on Time and Becoming 208 John Richardson 13 The Incorporation of Truth: Towards the Overhuman 230 Keith Ansell Pearson 14 Nihilism and Skepticism in Nietzsche 250 Andreas Urs Sommer Part IV PHILOSOPHY OF MIND 271 15 The Body, the Self, and the Ego 273 Volker Gerhardt 16 Phenomenology and Science in Nietzsche 297 Peter Poellner 17 Naturalism and Nietzsche’s Moral Psychology 314 Christa Davis Acampora Part V PHILOSOPHY AND GENEALOGY 335 18 Naturalism and Genealogy 337 Christopher Janaway 19 The Philosophical Function of Genealogy 353 Robert Guay 20 Agent and Deed in Nietzsche’s Genealogy of Morals 371 Robert B. Pippin Part VI ETHICS 387 21 Nietzsche and Ethics 389 Paul J. M. van Tongeren 22 Rebaptizing our Evil: On the Revaluation of All Values 404 Kathleen Marie Higgins 23 Nietzsche’s Fatalism 419 Robert C. Solomon Part VII POLITICS 435 24 Nietzsche contra Liberalism on Freedom 437 Herman Siemens 25 Nietzsche and National Identity 455 Diane Morgan Part VIII AESTHETICS 475 26 Nietzsche on Geophilosophy and Geoaesthetics 477 Gary Shapiro 27 Nietzsche, Dionysus, and the Ontology of Music 495 Christoph Cox Part IX EVOLUTION AND LIFE: THE WILL TO POWER 515 28 Nietzsche and Evolutionary Theory 517 Gregory Moore 29 Life and Self-Overcoming 532 Daniel W. Conway 30 Nietzsche’s Theory of the Will to Power 548 James I. Porter 31 A Critique of the Will to Power 565 Henry Staten Index 583

Nietzsche’s philosophy exercised a mesmerizing influence on twentieth-century thought, and continues to be a significant source of inspiration for work in all the major branches of philosophical inquiry. A Companion to Nietzsche showcases contemporary research and scholarship, and provides a comprehensive guide to all the main aspects of Nietzsche’s philosophy. The volume opens with an introduction to Nietzsche’s life and thought and an essay on his art of the aphorism. This is followed by major sections on Art, Nature, and Individuation; Nietzsche's Philosophy of the Future; Philosophy of Mind; Philosophy and Genealogy; Ethics; Politics; Aesthetics; and Evolution and Life. In addition, there are fresh treatments of Nietzsche’s core and enigmatic doctrines such as eternal recurrence, the will to power, and the overhuman. The volume profiles the latest research into Nietzsche’s texts (published and unpublished) and reflects trends in recent scholarship, such as the renewed focus on Nietzsche’s naturalism and interest in his philosophy of time, of nature, and of life. Contributors include both rising stars and established scholars and form an international cast comprising many of the leading commentators on and interpreters of Nietzsche.

"Its thirty-one commentaries offer comprehensive coverage of the significant areas of philosophical concern to Nietzsche. This collection is without doubt a very significant contribution to Nietzsche studies." International Journal of Philosophical Studies “This is a monster of a book, in the true Nietzschean sense. The collection represents most of the very best Nietzsche scholarship being done today in Europe and the United States.” Graham Parkes, University of Hawaii “This new addition to an excellent series assembles an inspired cast of Nietzsche scholars, representing a wide spectrum of approaches. After two helpful introductions to Nietzsche's life, philosophy, and style, the essays address the most familiar Nietzschean themes, as well as important but more neglected ones, such as his conception of science.” David Cooper, University of Durham "Historiographically and critically, this companion could not be better. It is a gateway to what is going on now critically in this feild, an introduction to the best criticism, and an exemplar of philosophical inquiry in it's own right." Stuart Hannabuss, Abeedeen Business School "This worthwhile collection portrays many of the most preeminent Nietzschean scholars in Europe and the US . . . It offers a moving array of Nietzsche scholars who represent a plethora of approaches. Recommended." Choice