Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. Abbreviations xiii
5. Introduction xv
6. Notes on Texts xxix
7. Preface to the First Edition xxxiii
8. Chapter One. Nihilism as Existence 1
9. Chapter Two. From Realism to Nihilism: Hegel, Schopenhauer, Kierkegaard, Feuerbach 9
10. Chapter Three. Friedrich Nietzsche: The First Consummate Nihilist 29
11. Chapter Four. Nietzsche's Affirmative Nihilism: Amor Fati and Eternal Recurrence 45
12. Chapter Five. Nihilism and Existence in Nietzsche 69
13. Chapter Six. Nihilism as Egoism: Max Stirner 101
14. Chapter Seven. Nihilism m Russia 127
15. Chapter Eight. Nihilism as Philosophy: Martin Heidegger 157
16. Chapter Nine. The Meaning of Nihilism for japan 173
17. Appendix: The Problem of Atheism 183
18. Notes 193
19. Index 233