MSCP Spring Workshop: Interpretations of Nietzsche

This workshop ran on Friday, 23 September 2011. Thanks to all involved.

This free event brought together many of the authors of the recently published book Interpreting Nietzsche: Reception and Influence to discuss various interpretations of Nietzsche, and to reflect on our continued interest in this most important philosopher today.  Interpreting Nietzsche explores how some of the most important thinkers of the 20th century have responded to the legacy of his writings. Each chapter focuses on how Nietzsche’s work has been read by such major figures as Martin Heidegger, Jacques Derrida, Gilles Deleuze, Walter Kaufmann, Leo Strauss, Pierre Klossowski, and Alexander Nehamas.

The 2011 Spring Workshop also launched Interpreting Nietzsche, which includes contributions from many MSCP members, and is dedicated to all MSCP students, past and present.   Helping students and researchers get to grips with the work of this compelling but often baffling thinker, this introductory guide surveys the impact and continuing influence of the work of Friedrich Nietzsche on modern European thought.

The MSCP runs a Spring and an Autumn Workshop each year, dedicated to examining a topic or thinker from a variety of different angles. These workshops are free and open to the public.

Past Workshops

Spring 2011: Interpretations of Nietzsche
Spring 2010: Humanism and Anti-Humanism
Autumn 2010: Body, Soul Organism: Leibniz
Spring 2009: The Future of the University
Autumn 2009: Why Philosophy?