{"product_id":"anti-education-on-the-future-of-our-educational-institutions","title":"Anti-Education: On the Future of Our Educational Institutions","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Friedrich Nietzsche\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction by Chad Wellmon\u003cbr\u003eEdited by Paul Reitter\u003cbr\u003eTranslated by Damion Searls\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Prof. Nietzsche was one of the most prominent of modern German philosophers, and he is considered the apostle of extreme modern rationalism and one of the founders of the socialistic school, whose ideas have had such a profound influence on the growth of political and social life throughout the civilized world…his doctrines however, were inspired by lofty aspirations, while the brilliancy of his thought and diction and the epigrammatic force of his writings commanded even the admiration of his most pronounced enemies, of which he had many.”—\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Nietzsche wants to hear idols break. Dismay, exasperation, anger, outrage, disgust, humiliation disappointment: they fuel his philosophy, and it is little without them. Exhilaration, joy, exuberance, excess: they feed it too.”—William H. Gass\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Paul Reitter and Chad Wellmon’s introduction and notes helpfully contextualize Nietzsche’s barbs, though much of what Nietzsche has to say transcends the milieu in which it was written, and many of his criticisms will resound with readers today…this translation, with its useful notes and introduction, certainly provokes and surprises.”—Jon Morris, \u003cem\u003ePopmatters\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1869, at the age of twenty-four, Friedrich Nietzsche was appointed to a professorship of classical philology at the University of Basel. He seemed marked for a successful and conventional academic career. Then the philosophy of Schopenhauer and the music of Wagner transformed his ambitions. The genius of such thinkers and makers—the kind of genius that had emerged in ancient Greece—this alone was the touchstone for true understanding. But how was education to serve genius, especially in a modern society marked more and more by an unholy alliance between academic specialization, mass-market journalism, and the militarized state? Something more than sturdy scholarship was called for. A new way of teaching and questioning, a new philosophy...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat that new way might be was the question Nietzsche broached in five vivid, popular public lectures in Basel in 1872. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnti-Education\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e presents a provocative and timely reckoning with what remains one of the central challenges of the modern world.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003cbr\u003e160 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNYRB Classics, 2015\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5 x 0.4 x 8 inches\u003cbr\u003eISBN 9781590178942\u003cbr\u003eSocial Philosophy\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":18264422213,"sku":"9781590178942","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0175\/8594\/products\/Anti-Education_Nietzsche.jpg?v=1652476472","url":"https:\/\/neue-galerie-design-shop.myshopify.com\/products\/anti-education-on-the-future-of-our-educational-institutions","provider":"Neue Galerie Design Shop \u0026 Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}