Nietzsche, Politics and Modernity

Inbunden, Engelska, 1995

AvDavid Owen

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Written in a clear and engaging style, this text demonstrates Nietzsche's significance as a philosopher and as a political theorist by highlighting his critique of liberalism (in both its philosophical and political forms) and by elaborating the form of ethical and political understanding which his philosophy discloses.

In describing Nietzsche's diagnosis of the modern condition, this book explains the central aspects of his thought including the will to power, the Overman and amor fati. David Owen traces the relevance of Nietzsche's philosophy to current debates in political theory and engages with key figures such as MacIntyre, Taylor, Rorty and Rawls. Owen argues that the liberalism of the latter two can be seen as the contemporary expression of Nietzsche's dystopian vision of the Last Man and develops Nietzsche's political agonism as articulating a cogent alternative to liberal political theory.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum1995-11-08
Mått156 x 234 x 15 mm
Vikt490 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SeriePhilosophy and Social Criticism series
Antal sidor192
Upplaga1
FörlagSAGE Publications
ISBN9780803977662

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David Owen is lecturer in politics at the University of Southampton. His previous publications include Maturity and Modernity (1994) and Nietzsche, Politics and Modernity (1995).CONTRIBUTORS OUTSIDE WESTERN HEMISPHERESamanta Ashenden Birkbeck College University of LondonPaul Connolly University of UlsterMitchell Dean Macquarrie UniversityPeter Jowers University of the West of EnglandThomas Osborne University of BristolRalph Schroeder Royal Holloway College University of LondonNigel South University of EssexSean Watson University of the West of EnglandMalcolm Waters University of Tasmania

IntroductionNietzsche contra Liberalism Reflections on the Character of Contests in Political TheoryTruth and ErosA Critique of the Philosophical Commitments of Liberal ReasonOn the Genealogy of ModernityA Critical History of the Philosophical Commitments of Liberal ReasonModernity and the Destruction of the Ascetic IdealNihilism, Decadence and the Necessity of a Counter-IdealModernity, Ethics and Counter-IdealsAmor Fati, Eternal Recurrence and the OvermanAgonism, Liberalism and the Cultivation of VirtuEthics, Politics and the Critique of Political LiberalismConclusion

`Nietzsche, Politics and Modernity will be of interest to everyone concerned about Nietzsche′s politics, proponents and opponents of liberalism, and students of Nietzche who want a better understanding of some of his central notions. Using Nietzche, Owen makes an important and original contribution to current debates over liberalism and political theory′ - Ethics`The best recent thing I have read on Nietzsche is Daviv Owen′s Nietzsche, Politics and Modernity.... Owen′s nose for the deeper currents of Nietzsche′s thought is an immensely cultivated one, and on most central issues - truth, truthfulness, value - he is a thoroughly illuminating commentator.... Nietzsche′s concerns and arguments are situated sensitively within the intellectual history from which they arise, are explained and delved into, sometimes improved upon, and are allowed, at the right moments, to speak for themselves′ - The Philosophical Quarterly`This book is an important contribution to the remarkable body of British literature from which a new Nietzsche has emerged in recent years.... Owen presents a highly persuasive case for regarding him as a leading theorist of agonal politics. More generally, even those who cavil at Owen′s interpretation will be unable to deny that this accomplished work provides an irresistible case for Nietzsche′s inclusion in the canon of political theory′ - Political Studies`Owen′s arguments are presented in an organized manner... This book is interesting and relates Nietzsche to contemporary concerns well′ - Choice