Biography:Richard Schacht

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Richard Schacht (born 1941)[1] is an American philosopher and professor emeritus at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign[2] now residing in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

He is an expert on the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche, was the editor of International Nietzsche Studies,[3] and is former executive director of the North American Nietzsche Society.[4][5] His philosophical interests include European philosophy after Kant, particularly Friedrich Nietzsche and Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, and concepts such as human nature, alienation, and value theory.

Publications

Authored

  • Nietzsche (London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1983), Routledge Paperback ed.: 1985. Reissued 1994.[6]

Edited

See also

  • Nietzsche: Philosopher, Psychologist, Antichrist

References

  • Homepage at the Philosophy department of the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.