With his "An Interpretation of Nietzsche s "On the Uses and Disadvantage of History for Life,"" Anthony K. Jensen shows how 'timely' Nietzsche s second "Untimely Meditation" really is. This comprehensive and insightful study contextualizes and analyzes a wide range of Nietzsche s earlier thoughts about history: teleology, typology, psychology, memory, classical philology, Hegelianism, and the role historiography plays in modern culture. "On the Uses and Disadvantages of History for Life" is shown to be a timely work, too, insofar as it weaves together a number of Nietzsche's most important...