Introduction Part 1: Before the Death of God 1. Plato 2. Kant and Christianity 3. Kierkegaard 4. Schopenhauer 5. Freud 6. Early Nietzsche 7. Hegel 8. Marx Part 2: After the Death of God 9. Later Nietzsche 10. Posthumous Nietzsche 11. Early Heidegger 12. Sartre 13. Sartre (Continued) 14. Camus 15. Foucault 16. Derrida 17. Later Heidegger. Index
Biography
Julian Young is William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Humanities in the Department of Philosophy at Wake Forest University, USA. He is the author of 11 books, including Schopenhauer (Routledge, 2005), Friedrich Nietzsche: A Philosophical Biography, which won the Association of American Publishers' 2010 PROSE award for philosophy, and The Philosophy of Tragedy: from Plato to Žižek (2013).
Praise for the previous edition:
'This book is excellent as a weekend read, yet is sectioned perfectly for use as a course text; it is absolutely a worthwhile read for professional philosophers and students of philosophy alike, as well as anyone who has ever wondered about "the meaning of life".' – Dialogue
'This inventive and consistently engaging book steps outside the dusty problematics central to mainstream philosophy and addresses a question that is central to a wide audience in the modern world... As a result, the book marks out genuinely new ground... the conclusion is not only intellectually engaging, but also deeply moving.' - Charles Guignon, University of South Florida, USA
'Young is to be congratulated in producing a lively and accessible discussion of some difficult philosophical texts.' - The London Magazine
'Young's book builds on his excellent study of Nietzsche's aesthetics.' - The Philosopher's Magazine
