Nietzsche and the Vicious Circle - Couverture souple

Klossowski, Pierre

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0226443876 ISBN 13 : 9780226443874

Editeur : University Of Chicago Press, 1998

Synopsis

Nietzsche and the Vicious Circle Now published in English, this work takes a structuralist approach to the relation between Nietzsche's thought and his life. The author emphasizes the centrality of the notion of "eternal return" for understanding Nietzsche's propensities for self-denial, self-reputation and self-consumption. Full description

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Présentation de l'éditeur :

Long recognized as a masterpiece of Nietzsche scholarship, Nietzsche and the Vicious Circle is made available here for the first time in English. Taking a structuralist approach to the relation between Nietzsche's thought and his life, Klossowski emphasizes the centrality of the notion of Eternal Return (a cyclical notion of time and history) for understanding Nietzsche's propensities for self-denial, self-reputation, and self-consumption. Nietzsche's ideas did not stem from personal pathology, according to Klossowski. Rather, he made a pathological use of his best ideas, anchoring them in his own fluctuating bodily and mental conditions. Thus Nietzsche's belief that questions of truth and morality are at base questions of power and fitness resonates dynamically and intellectually with his alternating lucidity and delirium.

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• Éditeur: University Of Chicago Press
• Date d'édition: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0226443876
• ISBN 13: 9780226443874
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 302