The Portable Nietzsche

图书标准信息

• 作者 Walter Kaufmann（ed） 著
• 出版社 Penguin
• 出版时间 1977-01
• ISBN 9780140150629
• 定价 148.00元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 704页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

AaronElkinshasbeenhailedas"amaster"(TheDallasMorningNews)forhisEdgar(r)Award-winningGideonOlivermysteries.Now,inanoriginalnewnovel,heillustrateshowquicklyeverythingcangowrongwhenyouask:What'stheworstthatcanhappen?ForBryanBennett,designinghostagenegotiationprogramsistheperfectjob-aslongashekeepsasafe,theoreticaldistance.Whathecan'tdoisdealdirectlywithkidnappersortheirvictims,asaresultofhisownabductionandimprisonmentasasmallboy.Thirty-someyearslater,intensenightmaresstillplaguehissleep,andafearofenclosedspacespreventshimfromattemptingtotravel.SowhenBryan'sbossaskshimtoflytoReykjavik,Iceland,toteachhiscorporate-levelkidnappingandextortionseminar,heautomaticallysaysno.ButtheCEOofGlobalSeasFisheries,Inc.hasspecificallyrequestedBryan-ornooneelse.Bryanfinallyrelents...Fordecadeshe'streadedgingerlyaroundtheedgesofhisdeepestterrors.Now,onthistrip,Bryan'stakenhostageagainandmustfacehisfearsfull-on.Willherealizethatinthisbattleofwillandnerve,heishisowngreatestenemy?Orhasthisfightalreadybeenlost,yearsandyearsago?

【作者简介】

ThephilosopherFriedrichNietzschewasborninPrussiain1844.Afterthedeathofhisfather,aLutheranminister,Nietzschewasraisedfromtheageoffivebyhismotherinahouseholdofwomen.In1869hewasappointedProfessorofClassicalPhilologyattheUniversityofBasel,wherehetaughtuntil1879whenpoorhealthforcedhimtoretire.Heneverrecoveredfromanervousbreakdownin1889anddiedelevenyearslater.Knownforsayingthat“godisdead,”Nietzschepropoundedhismetaphysicalconstructofthesuperiorityofthedisciplinedindividual(superman)livinginthepresentovertraditionalvaluesderivedfromChristianityanditsemphasisonheavenlyrewards.HisideaswereappropriatedbytheFascists,whoturnedhistheoriesintosocialrealitiesthathehadneverintended.