1st Edition

Nietzsche and the Political

By Daniel Conway Copyright 1997
176 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

In this study Daniel Conway shows how Nietzsche's political thinking bears a closer resemblance to the conservative republicanism of his predecessors than to the progressive liberalism of his contemporaries. The key contemporary figures such as Habermas, Foucault, McIntyre, Rorty and Rawls are also examined in the light of Nietzsche's political legacy. Nietzsche and the Political also draws... Read more
Introduction: Voyage of the Damned? 1. Political Perfectionism 2. The Uses and Disadvantages of Morality for Life 3. Perfectionism in the Twilight of the Idols 4. Regimes of Self-Overcoming: The Soul Turned Inside Out 5. The Philosopher's Versucherkunst 6. Comedians of the Ascetic Ideal 7. Nietzsche's Political Legacy

Biography

Daniel Conway