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Nietzsche, Politics and Modernity (Philosophy and Social Criticism series)

By David Owen

Book information

Publisher
Sage Publications Ltd
Year
1995
ISBN
0803977662, 0803977670, 9780803977662
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
10 MB (10137258 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
192\200
Time added
2022-05-02 05:14:58

Description

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 a

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