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In the seven and a half years before his collapse into madness, Nietzsche completed Thus Spoke Zarathustra, the best-selling and most widely read philosophical work of all time, as well as six additional works that are today considered required reading for Western intellectuals. Together, these works mark the final period of Nietzsche's thought, when he developed a new, more profound, and more systematic teaching rooted in the idea of the eternal recurrence, which he considered his deepest thought. Cutting against the grain of most current Nietzsche scholarship, Michael Allen Gillespie presents the thought of the late Nietzsche as Nietzsche himself intended, drawing not only on his published works but on the plans for the works he was unable to complete, which can be found throughout his notes and correspondence. Gillespie argues that the idea of the eternal recurrence transformed Nietzsche's thinking from 1881 to 1889. It provided both the basis for his rejection of traditional metaphysics and the grounding for the new logic, ontology, theology, and anthropology he intended to create with the aim of a fundamental transformation of European civilization, a “revaluation of all values.” Nietzsche first broached the idea of the eternal recurrence in Thus Spoke Zarathustra, but its failure to gain attention or public acceptance led him to present the idea again through a series of works intended to culminate in a never-completed magnum opus. Nietzsche believed this idea would enable the redemption of humanity. At the same time, he recognized its terrifying, apocalyptic consequences, since it would also produce wars of unprecedented ferocity and destruction. Through his careful analysis, Gillespie reveals a more radical and more dangerous Nietzsche than the humanistic or democratic Nietzsche we commonly think of today, but also a Nietzsche who was deeply at odds with the Nietzsche imagined to be the forefather of Fascism. Gillespie's essays examine Nietzsche's final teaching—its components and its political, philosophical, and theological significance. The book concludes with a critical examination and a reflection on its meaning for us today.

Nihilismus nimmt in Nietzsches Denken eine herausragende Stellung ein. Ab den 1880er Jahren taucht der schillernde Begriff in den Schriften des Philosophen auf. Deutlicher noch bezeugen Nietzsches Notate ein schweres geistiges Ringen mit dem'unheimlichsten aller Gäste', der mit dem Nichts im Bunde den Sinn des Lebens infrage stellt. Doch bereits Die Geburt der Tragödie, Nietzsches Erstschrift, ist eine hellsichtige Auseinandersetzung mit dem Nihilismus, insofern sie zum einen dessen Genealogie zeichnet, wenn sie die versteckten nihilistischen Implikationen der abendländischen Kultur aufdeckt. Andererseits richtet sie den Blick nach vorn, indem sie in Form einer ästhetischen Lebensrechtfertigung nach einer Überwindung des Nihilismus Ausschau hält. Diese Doppelbewegung: zurück in die Ursprünge des Nihilismus und voraus in eine weniger nihilistische Zukunft prägt fortan Nietzsches Philosophie. Dieser Band arbeitet in einer werkgenetischen Analyse die Doppelbewegung heraus, wobei der Nihilismus nicht allein als kulturelles Phänomen, sondern auch in seiner anthropologischen Fundierung in Augenschein genommen wird. Anhand der Ergebnisse wird abschließend die gegenwärtige Sinnkrise diskutiert.

Heidegger Studies is an annual publication dedicated to promoting the understanding of Heidegger's thought through the interpretation of his writings. This annual review provides a forum for the thorough interpretation of the whole of Heidegger's work (including works published during his lifetime) that is called for by the ongoing publication of his Gesamtausgabe. Indeed, Heidegger Studies is called for because of the breadth and significance of the new texts published in this edition. Heidegger Studies is international in character, and in keeping with this character it will publish papers in German, English and French. Die Heidegger Studien sind ein jährlich erscheinendes Periodikum, das der Förderung des Verständnisses des Heideggerschen Denkens durch die Interpretation seiner Schriften gewidmet ist. Das Jahrbuch bietet ein Forum für die gründliche Interpretation von Heideggers Werk im ganzen (einschließlich der zu seinen Lebzeiten veröffentlichten Werke), deren Notwendigkeit sich aus der fortlaufenden Veröffentlichung der Gesamtausgabe ergibt. In der Tat machen Spannbreite und Bedeutung der neuen Texte, die in dieser Ausgabe erscheinen, die Heidegger Studien erforderlich. Die Heidegger Studien sind ihrem Wesen nach international und werden diesem Wesen entsprechend Arbeiten in deutscher, englischer und französischer Sprache veröffentlichen. Les Etudes Heideggeriennes sont une publication annuelle, consacrée à promouvoir l'entente de la pensée de Heidegger grâce à l'interprétation de ses écrits. Ces annales s'offrent ainsi à être un lieu de débat en vue de la réinterprétation complète du travail de Heidegger dans son ensemble (y compris les textes publiés de son vivant) - ce qu'appelle d'ailleurs la publication en cours de l'Edition Intégrale. Assurément, les Etudes Heideggeriennes répondent aussi à l'exigence suscitée par l'ampleur et l'importance des inédits que publie l'Edition Intégrale. Les Etudes Heideggeriennes sont une revue délibérément internationale. Ce caractère s'affirme avec la publication de textes en allemand, en anglais et en français.

Among all the great thinkers of the past two hundred years, Nietzsche continues to occupy a special place--not only for a broad range of academics but also for members of a wider public, who find some of their most pressing existential concerns addressed in his works. Central among these concerns is the question of the meaning of a life characterized by inescapable suffering, at a time when the traditional responses inspired by Christianity are increasingly losing their credibility. While most recent studies of Nietzsche's works have lost sight of this fundamental issue, Bernard Reginster's book The Affirmation of Life brings it sharply into focus.Reginster identifies overcoming nihilism as a central objective of Nietzsche's philosophical project, and shows how this concern systematically animates all of his main ideas. In particular, Reginster's work develops an original and elegant interpretation of the will to power, which convincingly explains how Nietzsche uses this doctrine to mount a critique of the dominant Christian values, to overcome the nihilistic despair they produce, and to determine the conditions of a new affirmation of life. Thus, Reginster attributes to Nietzsche a compelling substantive ethical outlook based on the notions of challenge and creativity--an outlook that involves a radical reevaluation of the role and significance of suffering in human existence.Replete with deeply original insights on many familiar--and frequently misunderstood--Nietzschean concepts, Reginster's book will be essential to anyone approaching this towering figure of Western intellectual history.

The Monographien und Texte zur Nietzsche-Forschung (MTNF) presents outstanding monographic interpretations by scholars, active in various academic fields, of Nietzsche's work as a whole or of specific themes and aspects. These works are written mostly from a philosophical, literary, communication science, sociological or historical perspective. The publications reflect the current state of research on Nietzsche's philosophy, on his sources, on his relationship with his predecessors and contemporaries and on the influence of his writings. The volumes are peer-reviewed.