Conflict and contest in Nietzsche’s philosophy

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While Nietzsche's works and ideas are relevant across the many branches of philosophy, the themes of contest and conflict have been mostly overlooked. Conflict and Contest in Nietzsche's Philosophy redresses this situation, arguing for the importance of these issues throughout Nietzsche's work.0The volume has three key lines of inquiry: Nietzsche's ontology of conflict; Nietzsche's conception of the agon; and Nietzsche's warrior-philosophy. Under these three umbrellas is a collection of insightful and provocative essays considering, among other topics, Nietzsche's understanding of resistance; his engagement with classical thinkers alongside his contemporaries, including Jacob Burckhardt; his views on language, metaphor and aphorism; and war, revolt and terror. In bringing together such topics, Conflict and Contest in Nietzsche's Philosophy seeks to correct the one-sided tendencies within the existing literature to read simply 'hard' and 'soft' analyses of conflict.0Written by scholars across the Anglophone and the European traditions, within and beyond philosophy, this collection emphasises the entire problematic of conflict in Nietzsche's thought and its relation to his philosophical and literary practice.  Read more... Intro Title Page Copyright Page Contents Notes on Contributors Acknowledgements Abbreviations or 'Siglen' for Nietzsche's Writings in German Abbreviations or 'Siglen' for Nietzsche's Writings in German Abbreviations for Nietzsche's Writings in English References to Nietzsche's writings II Chapters of the volume Notes References Translations of Nietzsche's Writings Part 1: Nietzsche's Ontology of Conflict Chapter 1: Nietzsche on Productive Resistance Introduction I Affirmative uses of 'resistance' II Towards a critique of resistance Interlude Notes References. Chapter 2: Unity in Strife: Nietzsche, Heraclitus and SchopenhauerIntroduction I Heraclitus and the unity of fire and the logos II Schopenhauer III Nietzsche Conclusion Notes References Part 2: Conflict and Culture: Nietzsche's Agon and the Greeks Chapter 3: Competition and Democracy in Burckhardt and Nietzsche Introduction I German graecophilia II Burckhardt and the Greek agon III Nietzsche and Greek cruelty IV Nietzsche's critiques of democracy V Nietzsche, Adam Smith and commercial competition References. Chapter 4: Competitive Ethos and Cultural Dynamic: The Principle of Agonism in Jacob Burckhardt and Friedrich NietzscheIntroduction I Heterogeneity and acculturation: Agonal learning II Homeric aristeia und Hesiodic eris: Unbounded and bounded agonism III Agonal tension: The drive for equality and the awareness of difference Notes References Chapter 5: Amor Agonis: Conflict and Love in Nietzsche and Homer Introduction I Will to power II Love III Nietzsche and Homer IV The early Greek world V The Homeric world VI Care and love in Homer Conclusion Notes References. Chapter 6: Agonistic Communities: Love, War and Spheres of ActivityIntroduction I II III IV Notes References Part 3: Ethos and Conflict: Nietzsche's Warriors and Warrior-Philosophers Chapter 7: Nietzsche on the Pleasure of the Agon and Enticements to War Introduction I Pleasure, the instincts and the agon II Critique of utilitarianism and reactive conceptions of pleasure III Nietzsche's conception of pleasure as power IV Nihilism and the pleasure of anti-natural ideals V Pleasure in the agon and Nietzsche's avowals of war Conclusion Notes References. Chapter 8: Aidōs, the Warrior-Pathos of Nietzsche's Noble PhilosopherIntroduction I Aidōs and the pathos of distance II The noble philosopher vs. Socrates Conclusion Notes References Chapter 9: 'You Will the Eternal Recurrence of War and Peace' (GS 285) Introduction I II III Conclusion Notes References Chapter 10: Philosophy as Terrorism: The Notion of 'Attentat' Introduction I The violence of Nietzsche's early writings II Nietzsche as dynamite III Nietzsche and the philosophy of attack IV Nietzsche's explosive critique of philosophy Conclusion Notes References.