P. Sedgwick 
Nietzsche’s Economy 
Modernity, Normativity and Futurity

This book proposes that Nietzsche should be viewed as an economic thinker to rank alongside Marx. Peter Sedgwick shows how Nietzsche views economy as the basic condition under which the ‘human animal’ developed. Economy, Nietzsche argues, endowed us with futurity, and is a defining aspect of human behaviour.

Table of Content

Preface Economy and Society in Nietzsche’s ‘Middle Period’ Works: Human, All Too Human, Assorted Opinions and Maxims, The Wanderer and His Shadow, Daybreak Humankind, the Measurer of All Things: Modernity and Primitive Economy in Human, All Too Human , Daybreak , and The Gay Science The Great Economy Zarathrustra and the Economy of the Overman Philosophical Temptations: Economy and Futurity Conclusion Notes Index

About the author

PETER SEDGWICK is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Cardiff University, UK. He is the editor of
Nietzsche: A Critical Reader (Blackwell, 1995), author of
Descartes to Derrida: An Introduction to European Philosophy (Blackwell, 2001) and co-author/co-editor with Andrew Edgar of
Cultural Theory: The Key Concepts (Routledge, 1999) and
Cultural Theory: The Key Thinkers (Routledge, 2002).