Nietzsche: A Critical Life
by Ronald Hayman
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One of the most important moral philosophers since Plato, and scarcely less important than Marx and Freud as a pioneer of modern thinking, Nietzsche was a genius whose ideas should be seen in the context of his life - a life of isolation and unremitting illness, culminating in madness when he was only 44.Tags
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Overall, a satisfactory biography. However, from someone who eschews microhistory, I would have prefers more tie-ins to the greater European political arena at large, as there are definitely connections. It is a shame that Nietzsche, A Critical Life, is currently out of print, as this examination of Nietzsche's life is well-done. Perhaps my demerit of 1.5 stars comes from my natural inclination to disparage biographies; if you seek to learn about Nietzsche's life, this text will serve quite well.
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Ronald Hayman was born in Bournemouth and grew up in a hotel there. After studying English at St Paul's and Trinity Hall in Cambridge, Hayman went to drama school in London. While there, he began working as an actor in repertory theatre and in television. Hayman's first play, The End of an Uncle, was produced in 1959. In 1967, after directing show more plays by Genet, Goldoni, and Brecht at the Arts Theatre, Stratford East and Welwyn Garden City, Hayman started writing books and broadcasting. Then, in his book Hitler and Geli, Hayman explored the remarkable, yet relatively obscure, story of the affair between Adolf Hitler and his young niece Geli Raubal, who died under mysterious circumstances. Some of Hayman's other works include exposes on Samuel Beckett, Harold Pinter and Arthur Miller, and biographies of Sylvia Plath, Jean-Paul Sartre, the Marquis de Sade, and Tennessee Williams. (Bowker Author Biography) Ronald Hayman is the author of numerous internationally acclaimed biographies, including works on Friedrich Nietzsche, Jean-Paul Sartre, Marcel Proust, Sylvia Plath, & Thomas Mann. He lives in London. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Nietzsche: A Critical Life
- Original title
- Nietzsche: A Critical Life
- Original publication date
- 1980; 1999
- People/Characters
- Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900
- Disambiguation notice
- There are different books by Hayman about Nietzsche - a very short introduction and an extensive biography with about 500 pages - please consider this when combining!
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