Jeffrey Metzger

A wedding. A stalker. It's murder! Someone is stalking the members of New York's wealthy elite. A series of murders has targeted some of Manhattan's most affluent families, and the connection appears to be the exclusive wedding announcements column in The New York Primrose. Ethan Balfour, a young member of one such family, is thrust into the middle of the investigation when the police ask his help in navigating the world of his often preposterous - and oblivious - peers. Now, he splits his time between the police and the world of old money and high society, trying to uncover what, if anything, links the murders. Reluctantly, Ethan finds himself drawn ever deeper into the case - until its final shocking revelation. Will the culprit be caught before another member of the illustrious circle falls victim?

The Wedding Column Murders

An important collection of essays examining Nietzsche's response to contemporary nihilism.

Nietzsche, Nihilism and the Philosophy of the Future

Nietzsche, Nihilism and the Philosophy of the Future examines Nietzsche's analysis of and response to contemporary nihilism, the sense that nothing has value or meaning. Eleven newly-commissioned essays from an influential team of contributors illustrate the richness and complexity of Nietzsche's thought by bringing together a diverse collection of perspectives on Nietzsche. Nietzsche's engagement with nihilism has been relatively neglected by recent scholarship, despite the fact that Nietzsche himself regarded it as one of the most original and important aspect of his thought. This book addresses that gap in the literature by exploring this central and compelling area of Nietzsche's thought. The essays concentrate on Nietzsche's philosophical analysis of nihilism, the cultural politics of his reaction to nihilism, and the rhetorical dimensions and intricacies of his texts.

Nietzsche’s On the Genealogy of Morals has become a central text for understanding the thinker and his impact on moral philosophy. Yet his account of the rise of political society and its relation to morality has generally been overlooked, in large part because of its strange and often confusing character. In The Rise of Politics and Morality in Nietzsche’s Genealogy: From Chaos to Conscience, Jeffrey Metzger devotes careful attention to Nietzsche’s analysis of the origin of political society in the Second Essay and its intertwining with the development of morality and religion. Focused on how that account places Nietzsche’s understanding of humanity in his larger conceptions of nature and the will to power, the book further considers how Nietzsche grounds his thought in the world as he presents it, and the strengths and weaknesses of Nietzsche’s approach to this crucial moment in human development. This book will interest philosophers, political theorists, and anyone else interested in Nietzsche and his contribution to our understanding of how we became human.

From Chaos to Conscience

The Rise of Politics and Morality in Nietzsche's Genealogy

Jeff Love

"Nietzche and Dostoevsky"are collectedessays on Nietzsche Dostoevsky andtwentieth-century intellectual history."

Jeffrey Metzger

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