"Infectious Nietzsche is simply one of the most interesting and engaging works to appear on Nietzsche's philosophy in years." -David Allison Krell explores health, illness, and creativity in the life and thought of Friedrich Nietzsche. Drawing on a varied literature of philosophical reflections on health, and analyzing Nietzsche's confrontation with traditional values, Krell skillfully engages the legacy of Platonism and Western metaphysics that is at the core of Nietzsche's thought. Nietzsche's genealogical critique, his doctrine of eternal recurrence of the same, and the Nietzschean physiology and psychology of decadence are principal foci. Anyone interested in a philosophical reflection on questions of genius and pathology, and all readers of Nietzsche, will find Krell's new book compelling reading.
How reading Nietzsche, the genealogist, colours our understanding of philosophers from the Greeks and the Romantics through contemporary postmodern thought.About the AuthorDAVID FARRELL KRELL is Professor of Philosophy at DePaul University. He is the author of Daimon Life: Heidegger and Life-Philosophy, Of Memory, Reminiscence, and Writing: On the Verge, and Postponements: Women, Sensuality, and Death in Nietzsche.
Reviews"Infectious Nietzsche is simply one of the most interesting and engaging works to appear on Nietzsche's philosophy in years." --David Allison
Book InformationISBN 9780253210395
Author David Farrell KrellFormat Paperback
Page Count 304
Imprint Indiana University PressPublisher Indiana University Press
Weight(grams) 481g