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1、BERNDMAGNUSANDKATHLEENM.HIGGINSIntroductiontoTheCambridgeCompaniontoNietzscheTheimportancetothehumanitiesandtoourcultureofthenineteenth-centuryGermanphilosopherandwriterFriedrichNietz-schemayrequirelittlemotivationordiscussion.HewasquitesimplyoneofthemostinfluentialmodernEuropeanth
2、inkers.HisattemptstounmasktherootmotiveswhichunderlietraditionalWesternphilosophy,morality,andreligionhavedeeplyaffectedsub-sequentgenerationsofphilosophers,theologians,psychologists,po-ets,novelistsandplaywrights.Indeed,onecontemporaryEnglish-speakingphilosopher,RichardRorty,hasch
3、aracterizedtheentirepresentageas"post-Nietzschean."ThatisbecauseNietzschewasabletothinkthroughtheconsequencesofthetriumphoftheEn-lightenment'ssecularism-capturedinhisobservationthat"Godisdead"-inawaythatdeterminedtheagendaformanyofEu-rope'smostcelebratedintellectualsafterhisdeathin
4、1900.Anardentfoeofnationalism,anti-Semitism,andpowerpolitics,hisnamewaslaterinvokedbyFascistsandNazistoadvancetheverythingsheloathed.Itmightalsobeusefultorecallthat,accordingtoMartinHeidegger,NietzscheistheconsummationoftheWesternphilo-sophicaltradition,thethinkerwhobringsmetaphysi
5、cstoitsend;thatMichelFoucaultfrequentlyregardedNietzscheastheprogenitorofhisowngenealogicalmethodanditsstressondiscursivepractices,-thatJacquesDerridaconsidersNietzschethedeconstructivethinkerparexcellence.AllthisservesaseloquenttestimonytoNietzsche'sclaim,voicedinTheAntichristande
6、lsewhere,thatsomepersonsarebornposthumously,-forthatobservationcertainlyappliestohisowncase.Itisnoaccident,therefore,thatthelastpublishededitionoftheInternationalNietzscheBibliography,editedbyHerbertReichertICambridgeCompanionsOnline©CambridgeUniversityPress,20062THECAMBRIDGECOMPAN
7、IONTONIETZSCHEandKarlSchlechtain1968-longbeforetherecentexplosionofinter-estinNietzsche-listsmorethan4,500titlesin27languagesde-votedtoNietzsche.AnditmustnotbeforgottenthatNietzsche'simportancehasnotbeenconfinedtophilosophyoreventohumanis-ticstudy.Onemuchdiscussedrecentcritic,Allan
8、Bloom,arguedthecontroversi
