Delving beneath the view that German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche's (1844-1900) rejection of Christ and Christianity drove him mad, Fornari (history of philosophy, Bergamo U., Italy) places his ideas in the contexts both of his life experiences and of the conflict between culture, which has a sacred foundation, and civilization, which does not. He discusses the hunt for the whale, the eternal recurrence of madness, the philosopher and his double, the foundation of Dionysus, the antichrist and the crucifixion, and what none have perceived. Il caso Nietzsche, li ribellione fallita dell'Anticristo was published by Casa Editrice Marietti, Milan-Genoa in 2002. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)