Hammer of the Gods [Paperback]

Friedrich Nietzsche (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1996

"Madness is something rare in individuals - but in groups, parties, peoples, ages it is the rule." Hammer of the Gods presents Friedrich Nietzsche's most prophetic, futuristic and apocalyptic philosophies and traces them against the upheavals of the last century and the current millennial panic. This radical re-interpretation reveals Nietzsche as the only guide to the madness in our society which he himself prophesied a century ago; Nietzsche as a philosopher against society, against both the state and the herd; Nietzsche as philosopher with a hammer. Comiled, translated and edited by Stephen Metcalf.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Creation Books (March 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1871592461
• ISBN-13: 978-1871592467
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #728,487 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Snippet collections, nothing more., April 16, 2000

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Reader 6 (Las Vegas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hammer of the Gods (Paperback)

This "edition" is the equivalent of a K-tel record collection greatest radio hits: a SELECTION of bits and pieces ("radio-edit" versions) rearranged topically into a collection that never existed before, and for good reason.To begin with, a topical organization is entirely antithetical to Nietzsche's thinking: Nietzsche, perhaps more than any other western philosopher was a thinker of contexts, of nuances, and contradictions. To take fragments out of context is almost necessarily to misunderstand him (and these topics are entirely the editor's invention, NOT Nitezsche's, and not even coming necessarily from the interests Nietzsche shows in his work). (...)If I haven't made myself clear yet, DO NOT READ THIS SCRAPBOOK of Nietzsche's aphorisms, ESPECIALLY AS AN INTRODUCTION to Nietzsche's philosophy.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Ugh, October 30, 2000

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A. Ferraro "Jormungand" (Boston, Massachusetts) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hammer of the Gods (Paperback)

This book has certanly nothing of the "essential" Nietzsche. Nothing but lines taken out of context. Doesn't mean a thing.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not so Nietzsche.., May 15, 2000

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Kat Valentine - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hammer of the Gods (Paperback)

This book of supposed Nietzsche work is not very true to how Nietzsche felt, and how he actually wrote. I would not recomend this selection to those unfamilar with Nietzsche, if your just starting with Nietzsche try Beyond Good and Evil, or The Will to Power.