Case of Wagner / Twilight of the Idols / The Antichrist / Ecce Homo / Dionysus Dithyrambs / Nietzsche Contra Wagner: Volume 9

Friedrich Nietzsche's final productive year in 1888 saw the publication of six books, which are now available in English for the first time in a single volume. These writings offer a fundamental and complete introduction to Nietzsche's mature thought and style, with a bold, radical tone that reflects his rising profile and confidence. The books include critiques of Christianity and Christian morality, diagnoses of cultural decadence, poetry, and autobiography, as well as personal reflections on his past and future. The critical volume includes commentary by Andreas Urs Sommer, making it an essential introduction to Nietzsche's late thought for students and scholars.

Format: Hardback
Length: 816 pages
Publication date: 26 January 2021
Publisher: Stanford University Press

The year 1888 marked the end of Friedrich Nietzsche's intellectual career and the culmination of his philosophical development. In that final productive year, he worked on six books, all of which are now presented in English in a single volume. Together, these new translations provide a fundamental and complete introduction to Nietzsche's mature thought and to the virtuosity and versatility of his most fully developed style.

The writings included here have a bold, sometimes radical tone that can be connected to Nietzsche's rising profile and growing confidence. In "The Antichrist," we are offered an extended critique of Christianity and Christian morality alongside blunt diagnoses of contemporary Europe's cultural decadence. In "Dionysus Dithyrambs," we are presented with his only work composed exclusively of poetry, and in "Twilight of the Idols," we find a succinct summary of his mature philosophical views. At times, the works are also openly personal, as in "The Case of Wagner," which presents Nietzsche's attempt to settle accounts with his former close friend, German composer Richard Wagner, and in his provocative autobiography, "Ecce Homo," which sees Nietzsche taking stock of his past and future while also reflecting on many of his earlier texts.

Scrupulously edited, this critical volume also includes commentary by esteemed Nietzsche scholar Andreas Urs Sommer. Through this new collection, students and scholars are given an essential introduction to Nietzsche's late thought.

Weight: 706g
Dimension: 131 x 191 x 45 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780804728829