Christopher Janaway is a philosopher and author. He earned degrees from the University of Oxford. Before moving to Southampton in 2005, Janaway taught at the University of Sydney and Birkbeck, University of London. His recent research has been on Arthur Schopenhauer, Friedrich Nietzsche and aesthetics. His 2007 book Beyond Selflessness: Reading Nietzsche's Genealogy focuses on a critical examination of Nietzsche's On the Genealogy of Morals. Janaway currently lectures at the University of Southampton, which in the past (latest academic year 2014-2015) has included a module focusing on Nietzsche's Genealogy. That module is now convened by Janaway's colleague, Aaron Ridley.
Publications
Monographs
Beyond Selflessness: Reading Nietzsche's Genealogy (Oxford University Press, 2007), Reading Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art: Selected Texts with Interactive Commentary (Blackwell, 2005), Reading Philosophy (Blackwell, 2002), (with Samuel Guttenplan and Jennifer Hornsby) Schopenhauer: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2002), Images of Excellence: Plato's Critique of the Arts (Clarendon Press, 1995), Schopenhauer (Oxford University Press, 1994), Self and World in Schopenhauer's Philosophy (Clarendon Press, 1989),
Edited collections
The Cambridge Companion to Schopenhauer (Cambridge University Press, 1999), Willing and Nothingness: Schopenhauer as Nietzsche's Educator (Clarendon Press, 1998),