Richard Schacht (born 1941) is an

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philosopher and professor emeritus at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He is a noted expert on the

philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) developed his philosophy during the late 19th century. He owed the awakening of his philosophical interest to reading Arthur Schopenhauer's ''Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung'' (''The World as Will and Represe ...

, is the editor of ''International Nietzsche Studies'', and is Executive Director of the North American Nietzsche Society. His philosophical interests include

continental philosophy Continental philosophy is a term used to describe some philosophers and philosophical traditions that do not fall under the umbrella of analytic philosophy. However, there is no academic consensus on the definition of continental philosophy. Prio ...

, particularly Friedrich Nietzsche and

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (; ; 27 August 1770 – 14 November 1831) was a German philosopher. He is one of the most important figures in German idealism and one of the founding figures of modern Western philosophy. His influence extends a ...

and concepts such as

human nature Human nature is a concept that denotes the fundamental dispositions and characteristics—including ways of thinking, feeling, and acting—that humans are said to have naturally. The term is often used to denote the essence of humankind, or w ...

, alienation, and value theory.

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*'' Alienation'' (Garden City: Doubleday, 1970), Doubleday Anchor (paperback) edition: 1971 **British edition (hard cover and paperback): 1971 (London: George Allen & Unwin) *''Hegel and After: Studies in Continental Philosophy Between Kant and Sartre'' (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1975), Pitt Paperback edition: 1975 *'' Nietzsche'' (London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1983), Routledge Paperback ed.: 1985. Reissued 1994. *'' Classical Modern Philosophers: Descartes to Kant'' (London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1984). Reissued 1994. *''The Future of Alienation'' (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1994) *''Making Sense of Nietzsche'' (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1995) *''Finding an Ending: Reflections on Wagner's Ring'', with

Philip Kitcher Philip Stuart Kitcher (born 20 February 1947) is a British philosopher who is John Dewey Professor Emeritus of philosophy at Columbia University. He specialises in the philosophy of science, the philosophy of biology, the philosophy of mathema ...

(Oxford University Press, 2004)

Edited

*''Nietzsche: Selections'' (New York: Macmillan, 1993) *''Nietzsche, Genealogy, Morality'' (Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1994) *''Human, All Too Human'', by Friedrich Nietzsche, trans. R.J. Hollingdale (NY: Cambridge U P, 1996) *''Nietzsche's Postmoralism: Rethinking Nietzsches's Prelude to Philosophy's Future'' (New York: Cambridge University Press, forthcoming) *''On Human Nature: Readings in Philosophical Anthropology'' (New York: Prentice Hall, forthcoming) *''The Interpretive Tradition, Volume Four of the Norton Anthology of Western Philosophy'' (New York: Norton, forthcoming) *''The Norton Anthology of Western Philosophy'', 5 volumes (New York: Norton, forthcoming)

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