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Agon in Nietzsche by Yunus Tuncel (Paperback, 2013)

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Agon in Nietzsche, Paperback by Tuncel, Yunus, ISBN 0874628237, ISBN-13 9780874628234, Brand New, Free P&P in the UK Tuncel (philosophy, New School U., New York City) explores connections between German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche (1) and the ancient Greek concept of agon, or competition. He examines a variety of sources from ancient Greece on the culture of competition, how Nietzsche directly related to this culture, especially in his early works, and finally how this influence appears in his later writings. Among his topics are the mythic context of agon, agon and war, from agonistic individuality to the overhuman, political theory and agon, and the decline of the agonal age and its significance. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()

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Agon in Nietzsche is a comprehensive study of Nietzsche's relationship to the agonistic culture of ancient Greece. The book examines not only the overt elements of Greek agonism in Nietzsche's early works, but also shows how his later works embody its spirit as it is manifest in such notions as the will to power, the overhuman and active justice. While bringing Nietzsche scholarship together with recent studies on Greek agonism and the Olympic tradition, the book explores, in Nietzsche's works, the culture of competition in such areas as mythology, sacrifice, suffering, transfiguration, feeling, justice, training and education, rhetoric, spectacle and power.