Nietzsche e l'ombra di Dio

by Didier Franck

In Nietzsche and the Shadow of God (Nietzsche et l’ombre de Dieu), his study of Nietzsche’s integral philosophical corpus, Franck revisits the fundamental concepts of Nietzsche’s thought, from the death of God and the will to power, to the body as the seat of thinking and valuing, and finally to his conception of a post-Christian justice. The work engages Heidegger’s interpretation of Nietzsche’s destruction of the Platonic-Christian worldview, showing how Heidegger’s hermeneutic overlooked Nietzsche’s powerful confrontation with revelation and justice by working through the Christian body, as set forth in the Epistles of Saint Paul and reread both by Martin Luther and by German Idealism. Franck shows systematically how Nietzsche “transvalued” the metaphysical tenets of the Christian body of believers. In so doing, he provides an unparalleled demonstration of the coherence of Nietzsche’s project and the ways in which the revaluation of values, amor fati, and the trials of eternal recurrence reshape the living self toward a creative existence beyond original sin—indeed, beyond an ethics of “good” versus “evil.” 

Bergo and Farah’s clear translation introduces this work to an English-speaking audience for the first time.

Genres: Philosophy

387 pages, Paperback

First published December 9, 1998

Reviews

[James R · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was written in 1998, so it's now 24 years old. I'm skeptical of books that live so much in the past and are not contemporary. Even Nietzsche, his time is so far behind, I don't think it's worth referring so heavily to his writings. Heidegger and Nietzsche really seem irrelevant at this point, we should be getting ideas from newer thinkers. I have a strong distrust of anyone who gave ideas to the Nazis (intentional or not), and I have a strong distrust for professional philosophy that has little impact beyond the corporate and university elites.

I found the book to be far too long and to make no clear cut points. What are we to do with this book? How should we change our lives? Instead we're given huge numbers of facts, translations of works, and analysis of old works. I doubt this book has any impact on the world, but if you're a scholar looking for a hobby, this book may be of interest to you.

[Larry · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nietzsche/Husserl: phenomenological reduction: nothing but appearance as such. Yeah