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Individual and community in Nietzsche's philosophy /
The ten essays that comprise this volume wrestle with the tension between the individual and the community in Nietzsche's philosophy.
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| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York City :
Cambridge University Press,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- 1. Nietzsche. Hegel's communitarianism; Wagner's modified Hegelianism ; Nietzsche's endorsement of Wagner's modified Hegelianism ; Later Nietzsche's continuing communitarianism ; The "Motley" critique ; Heidegger's inherited Hegelianism ; Free spirits and philosophers of the future ; Free spirits and world-historical individuals ; Liberal and illiberal communitarianism
- 2. "The time is coming when one will have to relearn about politics." The disintegration of the state ; Politics and the state
- 3. The culture of myth and the myth of culture. Mythical narratives and narratives of myth ; Nietzsche and Wagner versus Schopenhauer on the problem of pessimism ; Three types of comforting illusion ; Schopenhauer, Wagner, and Nietzsche on the function of illusions ; The value of culture ; Affirmation and Zarathustra
- 4. Festivals of recognition
- 5. Nietzsche's scientific community
- 6. The good of community. Young's argument ; Problems for Young's account ; An alternative view
- 7. The self versus society. Nietzsche's double-barreled rejection of altruism and selflessness as a rejection of morality ; Questioning the supposedly superior value of selfless or altruistic actions ; Questioning the selflessness of supposedly selfless actions ; A fundamental flaw in Nietzsche's attempt to reject the existence of altruism ; The selfish advocacy of the ideal of selflessness ; Nietzsche's rejection of pity and compassion (Mitleid) ; The challenge and nobility of selfishness and the seductions of selflessness ; The self versus society ; Benevolent versus beneficial egoism
- 8. Nietzsche and the "collective individual." A 'Communitarian' reading of Nietzsche ; An 'individualist' reading of Nietzsche ; The mature collective individual works for her "fellow men" ; The mature collective individual is not cruel ; The mature collective individual is just ; The mature collective individual is creative
- 9. "We Hyperboreans"
- 10. Nietzsche, language, community. I. Who speaks? ; II. Language's risks ; III. Against the common ; IV. A new common
- Index.