Nietzsche's Noble Aims

Affirming Life, Contesting Modernity

Paul E. Kirkland (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

306 Seiten

2009
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-0-7391-2729-2 (ISBN)

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This innovative volume presents an account of Nietzsche's claims about noble, life-affirming ways of life, analyzes the source of such claims, and explores the political vision that springs from them. Kirkland elucidates the meaning of Nietzsche's remarks about life-affirmation through an examination of his rhetorical identification with values, such as honesty, that he ultimately seeks to overcome. The book includes an extended treatment of the meaning and implications of Nietzsche's doctrine of eternal return, which uncovers how this element of his philosophy challenges both ungrounded metaphysical oppositions and reductionist accounts of human life. The result is an illuminating discussion of how through his philosophical confrontation with modernity Nietzsche aims to move his readers toward a noble embrace of life.

Paul E. Kirkland is assistant professor of political science at Carthage College.

Part 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 1. Educating the Free Spirit
Chapter 3 2. Masks of Honesty
Chapter 4 3. Nobility and Responsibility
Chapter 5 4. The Esteeming Animal
Chapter 6 5. Willing and Time
Chapter 7 6. Redeeming Time: The Teaching of the Eternal Return
Chapter 8 7. Eternal Return and the Ethics of Contest
Chapter 9 8. Politics of Contest
Chapter 10 9. Heights of the Soul: Laughter and the Perspective of Life
Chapter 11 10. Challenging the Old and New Tablets: Nietzsche's Art of Writing
Part 12 Conclusion

Erscheint lt. Verlag	16.7.2009
Sprache	englisch
Maße	163 x 239 mm
Gewicht	592 g
Themenwelt	Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit
	Sozialwissenschaften
ISBN-10	0-7391-2729-2 / 0739127292
ISBN-13	978-0-7391-2729-2 / 9780739127292
Zustand	Neuware