Bloomsbury Time and Becoming in Nietzsche's Thought (Continuum Studies in Continental Philosophy): 37

Product Description This is a new examination of Nietzsche's radically original ideas on time and becoming. Puzzles about time - about past, present and future, and the nature of becoming - have concerned philosophers from the ancient Greeks to the present day. Yet few have been as radical in their thinking as Friedrich Nietzsche. "Time and Becoming in Nietzsche's Thought" explores Nietzsche's approach to temporality, showing that his metaphorical and literary presentations lend themselves, in surprising detail, to the debates that have engaged other thinkers. Like Heraclitus, Nietzsche is a philosopher who sees reality as a continual flow of change. Time is an interpretation of becoming, designed to enable its tensions and fluctuations to be grasped conceptually by our minds. From this starting point, Robin Small explores the emergence of sharply contrasting models of temporality which express differing forms of life. The book concludes with a return to Nietzsche's Dionysian vision of playful participation in becoming as a never-ending creation and destruction. "Time and Becoming in Nietzsche's Thought" reveals Nietzsche as a major contributor to our thinking about temporality and its significance for human life. "Continuum Studies in Continental Philosophy" presents cutting-edge scholarship in the field of modern European thought. The wholly original arguments, perspectives and research findings in titles in this series make it an important and stimulating resource for students and academics from across the discipline. About the Author Robin Small is Associate Professor of Philosophy of Education at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. His publications include Marx and Education (Ashgate, 2005), Nietzsche and Ree: A Star Friendship (Clarendon Press, 2005) and Nietzsche in Context (Ashgate, 2001).