Why we are not Nietzscheans
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Why we are not Nietzscheans
University of Chicago Press, c1997
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Pourquoi nous ne sommes pas nietzschéens
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Originally published as Pourquoi nous ne sommes pas nietzschéens from Éditions Grasset & Fasquelle, 1991
Description and Table of Contents
Description
"To think with Nietzsche against Nietzsche." Thus the editors describe the strategy adopted in this volume to soften the destructive effects of Nietzsche's "philosophy with a hammer" on French philosophy since the 1960s. Frustrated by the infinite inclusiveness of deconstructionism, the contributors to this volume seek to renew the Enlightenment quest for rationality. Though linked by no common dogma, these essays all argue that the "French Nietzsche" transmitted through the deconstructionists must be reexamined in light of the original context in which Nietzsche worked. Each essay questions the viability of Nietzsche's thought in the modern world, variously critiquing his philosophy of history as obsessed with hierarchy, his views on religion and art as myopic and irrational, and his stance on science as hopelessly reactionary. Contending that we must abandon the Nietzsche propped up as patron saint by French deconstructionists in order to return to reason, these essays will stimulate debate not just among Nietzscheans but among all with a stake in modern French philosophy.
Contributors are Alain Boyer, Andre Compte-Sponville, Vincent Descombes, Luc Ferry, Robert Legros, Philippe Raynaud, Alain Renault, and Pierre-Andre Taguieff.
Table of Contents
Preface to the 1991 French Edition 1: Hierarchy and Truth Alain Boyer 2: The Brute, the Sophist, and the Aesthete: "Art in the Service of Illusion" Andre Comte-Sponville 3: Nietzsche's French Moment Vincent Descombes 4: "What Must First Be Proved Is Worth Little" Luc Ferry, Alain Renaut. 5: The Nietzschean Metaphysics of Life Robert Legros 6: Nietzsche as Educator Philippe Raynaud 7: The Traditional Paradigm - Horror of Modernity and Antiliberalism: Nietzsche in Reactionary Rhetoric Pierre-Andre Taguieff Index
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