Foucault and Nietzsche: A Critical Encounter

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Foucault’s intellectual indebtedness to Nietzsche is apparent in his writing, yet the precise nature, extent, and nuances of that debt are seldom explored. Foucault himself seems sometimes to claim that his approach is essentially Nietzschean, and sometimes to insist that he amounts to a radical break with Nietzsche. This volume is the first of its kind, presenting the relationship between these two thinkers on elements of contemporary culture that they shared interests in, including the nature of life in the modern world, philosophy as a way of life, and the ways in which we ought to read and write about other philosophers. The contributing authors are leading figures in Foucault and Nietzsche studies, and their contributions reflect the diversity of approaches possible in coming to terms with the Foucault-Nietzsche relationship. Specific points of comparison include Foucault and Nietzsche’s differing understandings of the Death of God; art and aesthetics; power; writing and authorship; politics and society; the history of ideas; genealogy and archaeology; and the evolution of knowledge. Cover Half-title Title Copyright Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Foucault, Nietzsche, and the History of Truth 2. Nietzsche and Foucault’s “Will to Know” 3. “We Are Experiments”: Nietzsche, Foucault, and the Passion of Knowledge 4. Nietzsche and Foucault: Modalities of Appropriating the World for an Art of Living 5. Foucault and Nietzsche: Sisyphus and Dionysus 6. Truth and Becoming Beyond the Liberal Regime 7. Twice Removed: Foucault’s Critique of Nietzsche’s Genealogical Method 8. The Religion of Power: Between Nietzsche and Foucault 9. Nietzsche and Foucault on Power: From Honneth’s Critique to a New Model of Recognition Note on Contributors Index