“A surprisingly engaging grafting of Nietzsche’s philosophy onto the modern world. ”—Kirkus ReviewsFor readers both acquainted with and new to the writings of Friedrich Nietzsche, Nietzsche NOW! frames and explains Nietzsche’s thinking on topics of immediate contemporary concern and relevance.

Wallis unpacks Nietzsche’s complex philosophy with a deft, empathetic, and brilliantly subtle analysis of the views of the Great Immoralist on democracy, identity, civilization, consciousness, religion, and other momentous topics. Throughout, Wallis includes ample extracts from Nietzsche himself.

Rather than skirting what is controversial or editing for easy consumption, Wallis invites readers to exercise a courageous curiosity that yields a rich, nuanced understanding of Nietzsche. In Nietzsche NOW! he takes readers on a sometimes counterintuitive, always revelatory journey to grasp the relevance of Nietzsche for our contentious times.

Nietzsche NOW! contains Wallis’s original German translations of Nietzsche’s writings from the critical edition along with insights drawn from a decades-long close study of Nietzsche’s works and their academic reception. Glenn Wallis is the editor and translator of The Dhammapada and Basic Teachings of the Buddha (Random House) and the author of A Critique of Western Buddhism (Bloomsbury), An Anarchist’s Manifesto, and How to Fix Education (Warbler Press).

He holds a Ph. D.

from Harvard University and has taught at several universities, including Brown University, and at the University of Georgia as a tenured professor. He is the founder and director of Incite Seminars in Philadelphia.

“Clearly written, relevant accounts are rare in the world of Nietzsche scholarship. Nietzsche NOW! is immensely readable.

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Wallis guides us, through Nietzsche’s writings, towards coping with the same problems Nietzsche tackled, including truth, democracy, morality, and identity. ”—Sue Prideaux, author of I Am Dynamite!: A Life of Friedrich Nietzsche, Winner of the Hawthornden Prize“An indispensable, thrilling guide to understanding Nietzsche’s philosophical impact in our time.

”— Amir Eshel, Stanford University“A lively and spirited introduction to a masterful stylist and our greatest educator. ”—Keith Ansell-Pearson, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, University of Warwick.