Nietzsche's Philosophy of Religion

Julian Young is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Auckland and Honorary Research Professor at the University of Tasmania. His many publications include Heidegger: Off the Beaten Track (2002) edited and translated with Kenneth Haynes, Heidegger's Later Philosophy (2001) and Heidegger's Philosophy of Art (2001, 2004).

• Introduction; 1. Schopenhauer: on man's need for metaphysics; 2. The birth of tragedy; 3. Untimely meditations; 4. Human, all too human; 5. The gay science; 6. Zarathustra; 7. Beyond good and evil; 8. The genealogy of morals; 9. The Wagner case; 10. Twilight of the idols; 11. The antichrist; 12. Ecce homo; Epilogue: Nietzsche in history.

'Julian Young offers a comprehensive, profound, yet consistently lively and engaging overview of Nietzsche's almost obsessive reflections on religion. Young's claim is that instead of rejecting all religion, Nietzsche tries to revive a richer, 'healthier' religious life that existed in earlier times, one that gives us a meaningful way of understanding community, commitment, devotion, the fact of death, and even the 'gods'.' Charles Guignon, University of South Florida