In this new interpretation of Nietzsche"s thought, Daniel Ahern examines Nietzsche"s understanding of physiology and argues that Nietzsche saw himself in the role of a "physician" of culture. Through what he calls Nietzsche"s "clinical standpoint, " Ahern describes Nietzsche"s views on the history of Western culture in terms of the "physiological dynamics" of exhaustion, decadence, sickness,...