Episode 749: Richard Schacht - Nietzsche's Kind Of Philosophy: Finding His Way
A holistic reading of Nietzsche\u2019s distinctive thought beyond the \u201cdeath of God.\u201d
In Nietzsche\u2019s Kind of Philosophy, Richard Schacht provides a holistic interpretation of Friedrich Nietzsche\u2019s distinctive thinking, developed over decades of engagement with the philosopher\u2019s work. For Schacht, Nietzsche\u2019s overarching project is to envision a \u201cphilosophy of the future\u201d attuned to new challenges facing Western humanity after the \u201cdeath of God,\u201d when monotheism no longer anchors our understanding of ourselves and our world. Schacht traces the developmental arc of Nietzsche\u2019s philosophical efforts across Human, All Too Human, Daybreak, Joyful Knowing (The Gay Science), Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Beyond Good and Evil, and On the Genealogy of Morality. He then shows how familiar labels for Nietzsche\u2014nihilist, existentialist, individualist, free spirit, and naturalist\u2014prove insufficient individually but fruitful if refined and taken together. The result is an expansive account of Nietzsche\u2019s kind of philosophy.
Richard Schacht is emeritus professor of philosophy at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His many books on European philosophy after Kant include, most recently, Nietzsche\u2019s Kind of Philosophy: Finding His Way, also published by the University of Chicago Press.
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