| Nietzsche and Buddhism: A Study in Nihilism and Ironic Affinities Contributor(s): Morrison, Robert G. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0198235569 ISBN-13: 9780198235569 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $128.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 1997 Annotation: Morrison offers an illuminating study of two linked traditions that have figured prominently in twentieth-century thought: Buddhism and the philosophy of Nietzsche. Nietzsche admired Buddhism, but saw it as a dangerously nihilistic religion; he forged his own affirmative philosophy in reaction against the nihilism that he feared would overwhelm Europe. Morrison shows that Nietzsche's influential view of Buddhism was mistaken, and that far from being nihilistic, it has notable and perhaps surprising affinities with Nietzsche's own project of the transvaluation of all values. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - General - Religion | Buddhism - General (see Also Philosophy - Buddhist) - Philosophy | Eastern |
| Dewey: 193 |
| LCCN: 96053341 |
| Physical Information: 0.92" H x 5.8" W x 8.7" (1.16 lbs) 260 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Buddhist - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
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| Publisher Description: Morrison offers an illuminating study of two linked traditions that have figured prominently in twentieth-century thought: Buddhism and the philosophy of Nietzsche. Nietzsche admired Buddhism, but saw it as a dangerously nihilistic religion; he forged his own affirmative philosophy in reaction against the nihilism that he feared would overwhelm Europe. Morrison shows that Nietzsche's influential view of Buddhism was mistaken, and that far from being nihilistic, it has notable and perhaps surprising affinities with Nietzsche's own project of the transvaluation of all values. |