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by Julian Young (Author) "Nietzsche describes Schopenhauer's The World as Will and Representation (1818), which he discovered in a second-hand book shop in Leipzig in 1869, as a book..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 240 pages
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 1 edition (6 April 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0521681049
  • ISBN-13: 978-0521681049
  • Product Dimensions: 22.4 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm
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'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

'Every student of Nietzsche in the Anglophone world should read this book.' Nietzsche Circle

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In his first book, The Birth of Tragedy, Nietzsche observes that Greek tragedy gathered people together as a community in the sight of their gods, and argues that modernity can be rescued from 'nihilism' only through the revival of such a festival. This is commonly thought to be a view which did not survive the termination of Nietzsche's early Wagnerianism, but Julian Young argues, on the basis of an examination of all of Nietzsche's published works, that his religious communitarianism in fact persists through all his writings. What follows, it is argued, is that the mature Nietzsche is neither an 'atheist', an 'individualist', nor an 'immoralist': he is a German philosopher belonging to a German tradition of conservative communitarianism - though to claim him as a proto-Nazi is radically mistaken. This important reassessment will be of interest to all Nietzsche scholars and to a wide range of readers in German philosophy.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting and original interpretation, 4 Mar 2007
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This is a unique exegesis of Nietzsche, focusing on the rather unusual theme of religion (rather broadly defined to include themes such as culture and politics as well). I have to confess it's an odd choice of title, although Young uses the word "religion" in an unusual way which he defines early in the book. Young is essentially attempting to refute the widely-held misconception of Nietzsche as a "radical individualist" who had no interest in communal life. His study is well-argued, lucid and above all well-founded in textual evidence.

Young highlights the often-neglected aspects of Nietzsche's thought - his appraisal of high culture, the healthy society, and "religion" as defined by the author - essentially a philosophical framework for life - which make little sense from the "radical individualist" perspective. He charts the development of these themes throughout Nietzsche's work, also rejecting the idea that Nietzsche underwent a radical shift of perspective, completely abandoning his earlier thought, in favour of a reading of Nietzsche's later work as perfectly continuous with the earlier.

I especially recommend reading this along with Solomon's "Living with Nietzsche", as the two complement one another very well. Young mainly concerns himself with the social aspects of Nietzsche's thought, while Solomon considers the individual aspects, albeit from a unique perspective. They manage to refute many false ideas about Nietzsche, and together they provide an excellent insight into this widely known yet poorly understood philosopher.

Contrary to what the above reviewer has stated, Young never suggests that Nietzsche was "not such an atheist after all" - I've read it twice through and see nothing even approaching such a statement. Firstly, in view of Nietzsche's work, that would be an absurd and unsupportable proposition. Secondly, it's not even clear what it means to be "not such an atheist" - either you believe or not; it isn't a quantitative distinction. The theme of Nietzsche as an advocate of authenticity is, however, an important one, in my view explained well by Solomon.

So don't be put off by thinking that Young is trying to bowdlerise Nietzsche into an advocate of religion (my sole objection to the book is the title - it suggests that Young is trying to do something with Nietzsche that he isn't).
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It seems Nietzsche is not such an atheist after all. As a Christian I see Nietzsche as the great prophet of human authenticity as opposed to false religiosity. (And politics and scientism can be as much false beliefs as religion)

This book is interesting and will make you re-examine your views of Nietzsche.
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