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Nietzsche and the Anglo-Saxon Tradition Continuum Studies in Continental Philosophy Series Editor: James Fieser, University of Tennessee at Martin, USA Continuum Studies in Continental Philosophy is a major monograph series from Continuum. The series features fi rst-class scholarly research m onographs across the fi eld of Continental philosophy. Each work makes a major contribution to the fi eld of philosophical research. Adorno’s Concept of Life, Alastair Morgan Badiou, Marion and St Paul, Adam Miller Being and Number in Heidegger’s Thought, Michael Roubach Deleuze and Guattari, Fadi Abou-Rihan Deleuze and the Genesis of Representation, Joe Hughes Deleuze and the Unconscious, Christian Kerslake Deleuze, Guattari and the Production of the New, edited by Simon O’Sullivan and Stephen Zepke Derrida, Simon Morgan Wortham Derrida and Disinterest, Sean Gaston The Domestication of Derrida, Lorenzo Fabbri Encountering Derrida, edited by Simon Morgan Wortham and Allison Weiner Foucault’s Heidegger, Timothy Rayner Gadamer and the Question of the Divine, Walter Lammi Heidegger and a Metaphysics of Feeling, Sharin N. Elkholy Heidegger and Aristotle, Michael Bowler Heidegger and Philosophical Atheology, Peter S. Dillard Heidegger beyond Deconstruction, Michael Lewis Heidegger, Politics and Climate Change, Ruth Irwin Heidegger’s Contributions to Philosophy, Jason Powell Heidegger’s Early Philosophy, James Luchte The Irony of Heidegger, Andrew Haas Levinas and Camus, Tal Sessler Merleau-Ponty’s Phenomenology, Kirk M. Besmer Nietzsche and the Anglo-Saxon Tradition, Louise Mabille Nietzsche’s Ethical Theory, Craig Dove Nietzsche’s Thus Spoke Zarathustra, edited by James Luchte The Philosophy of Exaggeration, Alexander Garcia Düttmann Sartre’s Phenomenology, David Reisman Who’s Afraid of Deleuze and Guattari? Gregg Lambert Žižek and Heidegger, Thomas Brockelman Nietzsche and the Anglo-Saxon Tradition Louise Mabille Continuum International Publishing Group The Tower Building 80 Maiden Lane 11 York Road Suite 704 London SE1 7NX New York NY 10038 www.continuumbooks.com © Louise Mabille 2009 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage or retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN-10: HB: 0-8264-9863-9 ISBN-13: HB: 978-0-8264-9863-2 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mabille, Louise. Nietzsche and the Anglo-Saxon tradition / Louise Mabille. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 978-0-8264-9863-2 1. Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844–1900. 2. Anglo-Saxon race – Intellectual life. I. Title. B3317.M13 2009 193–dc22 2008035723 Typeset by Newgen Imaging Systems Pvt Ltd, Chennai, India Printed and bound in Great Britain by the MPG Books Group I dedicate this to Marinus Schoeman. Not everyone is as fortunate as to be guided into philosophy by such an unusual intellect. And to my mother, Cordie Mabille, who fi rst taught me to love Shakespeare the way I do. This page intentionally left blank Contents Acknowledgements viii Abbreviations ix Introduction: The English Type 1 1 Englishmen Underground; or the Case of the Abdicated Playwright 16 2 Hobbes against the World 35 3 Locke, Life, Language 50 4 Hume on the Use and Abuse of Scepticism for Life 72 5 ‘Some Have Suspected Me of Darwinism’ 95 6 The Impossible John Stuart Mill 106 7 How Monsieur George Eliot Added Insult to Injury 128 8 Wrong but Romantic 140 9 Shakespeare, Sterne and Stage 152 10 The Great American Who Loved the World 170 Bibliography 194 Index 199 Acknowledgements I gladly acknowledge the roles of the following people in making this book happen: Paul Patton from the University of New South Wales, Sarah Campbell from Continuum, and P. Muralidharan from Newgen. It is custom to say so, but it is quite literally true – as much as metaphor allows – that the book would not have h appened without the respective roles of each of you. Sincere thanks. I would also like to thank the following people who all contributed to a greater or lesser degree: Prof. Deon Roussouw, for great patience, wise decisions and accommodat- ing me graciously during the writing of the book, Proff. Alex Antonites and Marinus Schoeman, for valuable insights gained, Amanda Oelofse, for always saving the day, Pite Raubenheimer, Luckaz Novak, Catherine Botha, Marius A. Odendaal, Ernst Wolff, Estelle Jordaan, Dominic Griffi ths, Maria Prozesky, Rian Leith, Willem Punt, and Elmé Vivier, for interesting philosophical symposia, Prof. Jurie le Roux and Dr Frances Klopper, for theological and Gadamerian insights, The English department at the University of Pretoria, Julius Mabille, for making my place of study a comfortable one, Colin de Bruyn, for all the support, Prof. Danie Goosen from UNISA, for rich Nietzschean insights. For the same reason, Dr Herman Siemens from Leiden, and Prof. Paul van Tongeren from Nijmegen – the entire Nietzsche study group deserve a mention. Abbreviations A The Antichrist BGE Beyond Good and Evil BP T he Book of the Philosopher: Refl ections on the Struggle between Art and Philosophy BT The Birth of Tragedy CW The Case of Wagner D Daybreak EH Ecce Homo HC Homer’s Contest GM On the Genealogy of Morals GS The Gay Science HAH Human, All Too Human KGW Werke, Kritische Gesammtausgabe KSA Sämtliche Werke, Kritische Studienausgabe NL Nacgelassen Fragmente OTL On Truth and Lie in an Extra-Moral Sense PHTG Philosophy in the Tragic Age of the Greeks SE Schopenhauer as Educator TI Twilight of the Idols UM Untimely Meditation WP The Will to Power WS The Wanderer and His Shadow Z Thus Spoke Zarathustra
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