Shaping the Future: Nietzsche's New Regime of the Soul and Its Ascetic Practices

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Maps out the ascetic practices of a Neitzschean way of life. This book argues that Nietzsche's doctrines are attempts and temptations that aim to provoke his readers into changing themselves by putting philosophy into practice in their lives. Abstract: Shaping the Future maps out the ascetic practices of a Neitzschean way of life. Hutter argues that Nietzsche's doctrines are attempts and 'temptations' that aim to provoke his free-spirited readers into changing themselves by putting philosophy into practice in their lives.  Read more... Content: Introduction: a summary of arguments -- Philosophy as therapy and the therapy of philosophy -- Einsamkeitslehre, the practices of solitude -- The dialectics of solitude and friendship -- Writing the future, reading the self -- Nutrition and the casuistry of selfishness -- Dance and the return of dionysus -- Epilogues: actio in distans.