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"Clark and Swensen have made the Genealogy accessible and exhilarating-while leaving it, as it is, enigmatic and problematic." -- Wm. Arctander O'Brien, University of California, San Diego
This unique collaboration of an internationally renowned Nietzsche commentator and a scholar of German language and literature has yielded the finest existing edition of Nietzsche's book in English. The translation itself strikes an intelligent balance between fidelity to the German and readability in English. It is especially welcome for bringing an historically and philosophically sensitive appreciation of Nietzsche to bear on translation issues. (The decision to translate Mitleid consistently as "compassion," instead of "pity"-thus emphasizing for the English-language reader Nietzsche's opposition to Schopenhauer's moral philosophy-is but one of many examples.) The Introduction is the most philosophically substantial guide to the Genealogy in any edition, and will be of value to both student and specialist. Most remarkable of all are the notes on the text: the wealth of biographical, historical, philosophical, and literary detail makes the volume the most informative and reader-friendly edition of Nietzsche's work to date. The notes will also prove fascinating for the scholar, as the editors have tracked down the numerous contemporary scholarly sources on which Nietzsche relied in writing the Genealogy. -- Brian Leiter, University of Texas at Austin
This unique collaboration of an internationally renowned Nietzsche commentator and a scholar of German language and literature has yielded the finest existing edition of Nietzsche's book in English. The translation itself strikes an intelligent balance between fidelity to the German and readability in English. It is especially welcome for bringing an historically and philosophically sensitive appreciation of Nietzsche to bear on translation issues. (The decision to translate Mitleid consistently as "compassion," instead of "pity"-thus emphasizing for the English-language reader Nietzsche's opposition to Schopenhauer's moral philosophy-is but one of many examples.) The Introduction is the most philosophically substantial guide to the Genealogy in any edition, and will be of value to both student and specialist. Most remarkable of all are the notes on the text: the wealth of biographical, historical, philosophical, and literary detail makes the volume the most informative and reader-friendly edition of Nietzsche's work to date. The notes will also prove fascinating for the scholar, as the editors have tracked down the numerous contemporary scholarly sources on which Nietzsche relied in writing the Genealogy. -- Brian Leiter, University of Texas at Austin
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On the Genealogy of Morality contains some of Nietzsche's most disturbing ideas and images: eg the 'slave revolt' in morality, which he claims began with the Jews and has now triumphed, and the 'blond beast' that must erupt, which he claims to find behind all civilisation. It is therefore a major source for understanding why 'Nietzschean' ideas are controversial. Further, it is one of Nietzsche's most important books, a work of his maturity that shows him at the height of his powers both as a thinker and as an artist in the presentation of ideas.
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-These English psychologists whom we also have to thank for the only attempts so far to produce a history of the genesis of morality-they themselves are no small riddle for us; I confess, in fact, that precisely as riddles in the flesh they have something substantial over their books-they themselves are interesting! Read the first page
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-These English psychologists whom we also have to thank for the only attempts so far to produce a history of the genesis of morality-they themselves are no small riddle for us; I confess, in fact, that precisely as riddles in the flesh they have something substantial over their books-they themselves are interesting! Read the first page
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This review is from: On the Genealogy of Morality: A Polemic (Paperback)
Reading the newly pre-eminent translation of "The Genealogy of Morality" by Maudemarie Clark (a standard-bearer in Nietzsche scholarship) and Alan Swensen, a book regarded by Nietzsche himself as "a touchstone for what belongs to me," one may well wonder if, since its publication in 1887, much has been established in the genres of moral philosophy or moral psychology that is not merely an unwitting (or unacknowledged) footnote to the scintillating propositions, probabilities, and speculations this book.For further corroborative and complementary work -- by a contemporary academic gifted with a matchless synthesis of eloquence, erudition, and psychological acuity -- see William Ian Miller's "Humiliation," "The Anatomy of Disgust," and his forthcoming "The Mystery of Courage."
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Challenges preconceived notions,
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Nietzsche, as always, challenges ideas and concepts that were once thought to be at the core of human identity. This work is the most systematic of all of his writings and, in my opinion, is also the the best. The Genealogy of Morals builds on Nietzsche's earlier works, predominately the Gay Science and Beyond Good and Evil, and this piece culminates as his later thoughts and thus becomes truly his own original thesis by breaking with Schopenhauer and Wagner. The translation is excellent and remains true to Nietzsche's byzantine writings. The Genealogy of Morals is highly rewarding, but is tedious and, as always, incredibly difficult to grasp his true meaning. If you have had a previous exposure to Nietzsche and enjoy ideas that challenge our conventional dogmatism, Genealogy will open your mind and provide endless intellectual stimulation.
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This is a great translation with a very helpful introduction and some footnotes. The work would benefit from a bit more notation (most footnotes translate non-German passages). However, overall I find this is a respectable edition of the Genealogy.
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