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BOOKS RECEIVED 47 x deny that Nietzsche believed that (external) "politics or statecraft.., ought to be left to the statesmen..." (46). Even those, like myself, who agree with Thiele that Nietz$che was much more concerned with individual spirituality than with political reality may think that he gives Nietzsche's overt remarks on specific political issues too litde attention . Thiele might also be criticized for providing a reading of Nietzsche that is too internally consistent and too much tied to a conventional philosophical map. For instance , Thiele claims that Nietzsche's individualism is motivated by his firm epistemological skepticism (a skepticism that is so staunch that it dissolves most other apparent inconsistencies). Even when traversing well-worked territory, however, Thiele tells the story in an interesting way. Because he avoids analysis of current scholarly debate within the text (relegating such discussions to footnotes), his book should be particularly valuable as an introduction to Nietzsche's thought. However, the coherence and integrative power of Thiele's vision, as well as his provocative disagreements with other readings, should make this book thoroughly interesting to Nietzsche scholars as well. KATHLEEN MARIE HIGGIN$ University of Texas at Austin BOOKS RECEIVED Abel, Donald C. Theoriesof Human Nature: Classicaland ContemporaryReadings. New York: McGraw Hill, t999. Pp. xix + 411. Paper, NP. Attfieid, Robin. The Ethics ofEnvironmental Concern. Athens, GA: The University of Georgia Press, 199t. Pp. xxiii + 949. Cloth, $35.oo. Paper, $15.oo. Baird, Robert M. and Stuart E. Rosenbaum, editors. Pornography: Private Right or Public Menace? Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books, 1991. Pp. 948. Paper, $14.95. Bauman, Zygrnunt. Intimations of Postmodernity. New York: Routledge, 199~. Pp. xxviii + 932. Cloth, $74.5o. Paper, $16.95. Baylor, Michael G., editor. The Radical Reformation. New York: Cambridge University Press, :99~. Pp. xxxvii + 995. Cloth, $44.5 o. Paper, $14.95. Baynes, Kenneth. The Normative Grounds of Social Criticism: Kant, Rawls, and Haberma~. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1999. Pp. xi + 949. Paper, $18.95. Behler, Ernst. Confrontations: Derrida/Heidegger/Nietzsche. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1991. Pp. xii + 184. Cloth, $35.o0. Paper, $1L95. Bello, Eduardo, editor. Filosofm y Revoluci6n: Estudios sobre la Revolucihn Francesa y su recepci6n filos6fica. Valencia: Universidad de Murcia, 1991. Pp. 977. Paper, NP. Beyleveld, Deryck. The Dialectical Necessity of Morality: An Analysis and Defense of Alan Gewirth's Argument to the Principles of Generi~Consistency. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 199t. Pp. xxxviii + 593. Cloth, $55.o0. Paper, $99.5o. Blandino, G. Un discussionsur Le Ethica Del Felicitate. Beekbergeb, Nederland: Servicio de Librios U. M. I., 1991. Pp. l 15. Paper, L. x8,ooo. Blustein, Jeffrey. Care and Commitment: Taking the Personal Point of View. New York: Oxford University Press, x991. Pp. x + ~73. Cloth, $35.00. 472 JOURNAL OF THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY 30"3 JULY 1992 Calder III, William M., editor. The CambridgeRitualists Reconsidered. Atlanta, GA: Scholars Press, 1991. Pp. ix + a95. Paper, NP. Capizzi, Antonio. The CosmicRepublic: Notesfor a Non-PeripateticHistm~ of the Birth ofPhilosophy in Greece.Amsterdam: J. C. Gieben, 199o. Pp. 52o. Cloth, $9t.oo. Carroll, Warren H. Isabel of spain: The Catholic Queen. Front Royal, VA: Christendom Press Publishers, 199I. Pp. viii + 385. Cloth, $96.95. Paper, $14.95. Carver, Terrell, editor. The CambridgeCompanion toMarx. New York: Cambridge UniversityPress, 199a. Pp. xiii + 357- Cloth, $59.95- Paper, $17.95. Clark, S. H. Paul Ricoeur. New York: Roudedge, Chapman and Hall, t99o. Pp. viii + 916. Cloth, $59.50. Paper, $15.95. Ferrara, Lawrence. Philosophyand theAnalysisofMusic: BridgestoMusical Sound, Formand Reference. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 199t. Pp. xxii + 36o. Cloth, $45.oo. Ferreira, M. Jamie. Tramforming V'a6on:Imagination and Will in Kierkegaardian Faith. New York: Oxford UniversityPress, 199I. Pp. 168. Cloth, $39.95. Fink, Karl J. Goethe'sHistory of Science. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1999. Pp. xii + 949. Cloth, $47.95. Frymer-Kensky, Tikva. In the Wake of ~ Godde~es: Women, Cultureand theBiblicalTramformahou of Pagan Myth. New York: The Free Press, 1999. Pp. xi + 99~.Cloth, $94.95. Fukuyama, Francis. TheEnd ofHiao~ and theLazt Man. New York: The Free Press, 199~. Pp. xxiii + 418. Cloth, $94.95. Gluck, Mary. Georg Lulu~s and his Generation xgoo-x918. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1991. Pp. ix + 965...