How to Philosophize with a Hammer

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How to Philosophize with a Hammer is the provocative subtitle of Friedrich Nietzsche’s work *Twilight of the Idols*, encapsulating his method of critically testing and shattering traditional moral and philosophical “idols.”

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instanceOf book subtitle
philosophical concept
aimsAt challenging Christian morality
exposing decadence in Western culture
undermining absolute truths
associatedWithPhilosophicalMovement existentialism
nihilism
perspectivism
philosophy of life
author Friedrich Nietzsche
centralTheme critique of metaphysics
critique of traditional morality
destruction of philosophical idols
revaluation of values
contextOfUse subtitle on the title page of Twilight of the Idols
countryOfOrigin German Empire
creator Friedrich Nietzsche
describesMethodOf critical examination of moral concepts
genealogical critique of values
field philosophy
hasForm metaphor
hasTone polemical
provocative
influenced 20th-century continental philosophy
critical theory
post-structuralism
language German
metaphoricalMeaning shattering dogmatic beliefs
testing values by striking them to see if they ring hollow
originalTitle Twilight of the Idols
surface form: Götzen-Dämmerung, oder: Wie man mit dem Hammer philosophiert
partOf The Case of Wagner
surface form: Götzen-Dämmerung
philosophicalApproach diagnostic critique of culture
psychological interpretation of moral beliefs
publicationYear 1889
relatedConcept iconoclasm
idol smashing
master morality and slave morality
revaluation of all values
relatedWork Beyond Good and Evil
On the Genealogy of Morality
The Antichrist
subject culture
morality
philosophical systems
religion
subtitleOf Twilight of the Idols
usedAs summary of Nietzsche’s late critical method

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Twilight of the Idols subtitle How to Philosophize with a Hammer