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Nietzsche's Unfashionable Observations - often translated as the Untimely Meditations or Thoughts Out of Season - is made up of four independent essays written between 1873 and 1876. The book remains a puzzle: what structure, principles and arguments underlie the essays? Presupposing no prior knowledge of Nietzsche or the text, Jeffrey Church sets the essays in historical and philosophical context, guides you through the text section-by-section and develops a structural overview of each essay. He reveals how the common themes of freedom, culture and genius unify the book.
Contents
ChronologyAbbreviations
Introduction
1. Philosophical Background
Nietzsche, neo-KantianSchopenhauer and the fundamental problemKant, exemplarity and the value of freedomSchiller and the artistic lifeCulture in Kant and Schiller
2. David Strauss the Confessor and the Writer
Structural overview1. The political corruption of German culture2. The democratic corruption of German culture3. David Strauss as the 'anti-genius'4-5. The 'heaven' of the new faith6-7. The 'courage' of the new faith7-8. The 'world' of the new faith8-12. Strauss as a bad writer
3. On the Utility and Liability of History for Life
Structural overviewForeword: the philosopher in the historical age1. Life2. Monumental history3. Antiquarian and critical history4. The transition from ancient to modern history5. The decline of the active life in modernity6. Justice and the new history7. Arrested growth and development in modernity8. Modernity's philosophy of history9. The redemption of humanity10. Fixing modern culture
4. Schopenhauer as Educator
Structural overview1. Freedom2. The exemplar's education of affect3. The exemplar's education of character4. The exemplar's education of culture5. Elevating the individual to culture6. Culture and the value of existence7. Modern conditions for fostering genius8. The independence of culture from politics
5. Richard Wagner in Bayreuth
Structural overview1. The tasks of the unfashionable audience2. Wagner's two drives3. Wagner's struggle with modern culture4. Art and the tragic justification of existence5-6. Wagner's redemption of modern culture7. The freedom of the audience8. Wagner's life9. Wagner the artist10. Wagner's influence11. The call to the audience
6. The Observations' Influence on Nietzsche's Mature Thought
Unity in 'David Strauss'The value of history in 'Utility and Liability'Exemplarity in 'Schopenhauer as Educator'Self-tyranny in 'Richard Wagner'
Glossary of Key TermsGuide to Further Reading on the ObservationsBibliographyIndex
