On The Genealogy Of Morality

Author : Friedrich Nietzsche
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1994-06-24
Category : History
ISBN : 0521406102

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Nietzsche: 'On the Genealogy of Morality' and Other Writings by Friedrich Nietzsche Pdf

Friedrich Nietzsche is one of the most influential thinkers of the past hundred and fifty years and On the Genealogy of Morality (1887) is his most important work on morality. A polemical contribution to moral and political theory, it offers a critique of moral values and traces the historical evolution of concepts such as guilt, conscience, responsibility, law, and justice. It is a text affording valuable insight into Nietzsche's assessment of modern times and how he envisaged a possible overcoming of the epoch of nihilism. Nietzsche himself emphasised the cumulative nature of his work and the necessity for correct understanding of the later as a development of the earlier. This volume contains new translations of the Genealogy and of The Greek State and sections from other of Nietzsche's work to which he refers within it (Human All Too Human, Daybreak, The Joyful Science, and Beyond Good and Evil).

Author : Richard Schacht
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2023-04-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780520914049

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Nietzsche, Genealogy, Morality by Richard Schacht Pdf

Written at the height of the philosopher's intellectual powers, Friedrich Nietzsche's On the Genealogy of Morals has become one of the key texts of recent Western philosophy. Its essayistic style affords a unique opportunity to observe many of Nietzsche's persisting concerns coming together in an illuminating constellation. A profound influence on psychoanalysis, antihistoricism, and poststructuralism and an abiding challenge to ethical theory, Nietzsche's book addresses many of the major philosophical problems and possibilities of modernity. In this unique collection focusing on the Genealogy, twenty-five notable philosophers offer diverse discussions of the book's central themes and concepts. They explore such notions as ressentiment, asceticism, "slave" and "master" moralities, and what Nietzsche calls "genealogy" and its relation to other forms of inquiry in his work. The book presents a cross section of contemporary Nietzsche scholarship and philosophical investigation that is certain to interest philosophers, intellectual and cultural historians, and anyone concerned with one of the master thinkers of the modern age.

Author : Joseph Westfall,Alan Rosenberg
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2018-02-22
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781474247405

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Foucault and Nietzsche by Joseph Westfall,Alan Rosenberg Pdf

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.

Author : Christa Davis Acampora
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0742542637

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Nietzsche's On the Genealogy of Morals by Christa Davis Acampora Pdf

Includes essays that were commissioned for the volume, this collection showcases definitive works that have shaped Nietzsche studies alongside new works of interest to students and experts alike. Suitable for the classroom and advanced research, it provides an introduction, annotated bibliography, and index.

Author : David Owen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2014-12-05
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781317493228

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Nietzsche's Genealogy of Morality by David Owen Pdf

A landmark work of western philosophy, "On the Genealogy of Morality" is a dazzling and brilliantly incisive attack on European "morality". Combining philosophical acuity with psychological insight in prose of remarkable rhetorical power, Nietzsche takes up the task of offering us reasons to engage in a re-evaluation of our values. In this book, David Owen offers a reflective and insightful analysis of Nietzsche's text. He provides an account of how Nietzsche comes to the project of the re-evaluation of values; he shows how the development of Nietzsche's understanding of the requirements of this project lead him to acknowledge the need for the kind of investigation of "morality" that he terms "genealogy"; he elucidates the general structure and substantive arguments of Nietzsche's text, accounting for the rhetorical form of these arguments, and he debates the character of genealogy (as exemplified by Nietzsche's "Genealogy") as a form of critical enquiry. Owen argues that there is a specific development of Nietzsche's work from his earlier "Daybreak" (1881) and that in "Genealogy of Morality", Nietzsche is developing a critique of modes of agency and that this constitutes the most fundamental aspect of his demand for a revaluation of values. The book is a distinctive and significant contribution to our understanding of Nietzsche's great text.

Author : Friedrich Nietzsche
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2020-02-03
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780857088482

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Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche Pdf

A deluxe, high-quality edition of Friedrich Nietzsche’s seminal work Beyond Good and Evil is one of the final books by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. This landmark work continues to be one of the most well-known and influential explorations of moral and ethical philosophy ever conceived. Expanding on the concepts from his previous work Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Nietzsche adopts a polemic approach to past philosophers who, in his view, lacked critical sense in accepting flawed premises in their consideration of morality. The metaphysics of morality, Nietzsche argues, should not assume that a good man is simply the opposite of an evil man, rather merely different expression of humanity’s common basic impulses. Controversial in its time, as well as hotly debated in the present, Nietzsche’s work moves beyond conventional ethics to suggest that a universal morality for all human beings in non-existent – perception, reason and experience are not static, but change according to an individual’s perspective and interpretation. The work further argues that philosophic traditions such as “truth,” “self-consciousness” and “free will” are merely inventions of Western morality and that the “will to power” is the real driving force of all human behaviour. This volume: Critiques the belief that actions, including domination or injury to the weak, can be universally objectionable Explores themes of religion and “master and slave” morality Includes a collection of stunning aphorisms and observations of the human condition Part of the bestselling Capstone Classics Series edited by Tom Butler-Bowdon,this collectible, hard-back edition of Beyond Good and Evil provides an accessible and insightful Introduction by leading Nietzsche authority Dr Christopher Janaway. This deluxe volume is perfect for anyone with interest in philosophy, psychology, science, history and literature.

Author : Simon May
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2011-10-13
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781139502207

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Nietzsche's On the Genealogy of Morality by Simon May Pdf

On the Genealogy of Morality is Nietzsche's most influential, provocative, and challenging work of ethics. In this volume of newly commissioned essays, fourteen leading philosophers offer fresh insights into many of the work's central questions: How did our dominant values originate and what functions do they really serve? What future does the concept of 'evil' have - and can it be revalued? What sorts of virtues and ideals does Nietzsche advocate, and are they necessarily incompatible with aspirations to democracy and a free society? What are the nature, role, and scope of genealogy in his critique of morality - and why doesn't his own evaluative standard receive a genealogical critique? Taken together, this superb collection illuminates what a post-Christian and indeed post-moral life might look like, and asks to what extent Nietzsche's Genealogy manages to move beyond morality.

Author : Lawrence J. Hatab
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2008-10-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521875028

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Nietzsche's 'On the Genealogy of Morality' by Lawrence J. Hatab Pdf

A clear introduction to Nietzsche's influential text featuring a section-by-section analysis.

Author : Bernard Reginster
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780198868903

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The Will to Nothingness by Bernard Reginster Pdf

On the Genealogy of Morality is Nietzsche's most influential book but it continues to puzzle, not least in its central claim: the invention of Christian morality is an act of revenge, and it is as such that it should arouse critical suspicion. In The Will to Nothingness, Bernard Reginster makes a fresh attempt at understanding this claim and its significance, inspired by Nietzsche's claim that moralities are 'signs' or 'symptoms' of the affective states of moral agents. The relation between morality and affects is envisioned as functional, rather than expressive: the genealogy of Christian morality aims to reveal how it is well suited to serve certain emotional needs. One particular emotional need, manifested in the affect of ressentiment, plays a prominent role in the analysis of Christian morality. This is the need to have the world reflect one's will, which is rooted in a special drive toward power, or toward bending the world to one's will. Revenge is plausibly understood as aiming to bolster or restore power, and the invention of new values is a particular way to do so: by altering the agent's will (her values), it alters what counts as power for her. By revealing how it is well suited to play such a functional role in the emotional economy of moral agents, the genealogical inquiries arouse critical suspicion toward Christian morality. The use of this moral outlook as an instrument of revenge is problematic not because it is immoral, but because it is functionally self-undermining.

Author : Guy Elgat
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-31
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781351754439

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Nietzsche's Psychology of Ressentiment by Guy Elgat Pdf

Ressentiment—the hateful desire for revenge—plays a pivotal role in Nietzsche’s On the Genealogy of Morals. Ressentiment explains the formation of bad conscience, guilt, asceticism, and, most importantly, it motivates the "slave revolt" that gives rise to Western morality’s values. Ressentiment, however, has not enjoyed a thorough treatment in the secondary literature. This book brings it sharply into focus and provides the first detailed examination of Nietzsche’s psychology of ressentiment. Unlike other books on the Genealogy, it uses ressentiment as a key to the Genealogy and focuses on the intriguing relationship between ressentiment and justice. It shows how ressentiment, despite its blindness to justice, gives rise to moral justice—the central target of Nietzsche’s critique. This critique notwithstanding, the Genealogy shows Nietzsche’s enduring commitment to the virtue of non-moral justice: a commitment that grounds his provocative view that moral justice spells the ‘end of justice’. The result provides a novel view of Nietzsche's moral psychology in the Genealogy, his critique of morality, and his views on justice.

Author : Michael L. Morgan
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Page : 1372 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2011-09-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781603846684

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Classics of Moral and Political Theory by Michael L. Morgan Pdf

The fifth edition of Michael L. Morgan's Classics of Moral and Political Theory broadens the scope and increases the versatility of this landmark anthology by offering new selections from Aristotle's Politics, Aquinas' Disputed Questions on Virtue and Treatise on Law, as well as the entirety of Locke's Letter Concerning Toleration, Kant's To Perpetual Peace, and Nietzsche's On the Advantage and Disadvantage of History for Life.

Author : Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche,Anthony Mario Ludovici
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1921
Category : Philosophers
ISBN : UOM:39015008432612

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Selected Letters of Friedrich Nietzsche by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche,Anthony Mario Ludovici Pdf

Author : Robert Guay
Publisher : Edinburgh Critical Guides to N
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2022-01-31
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1474430783

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Nietzsche's on the Genealogy of Morality by Robert Guay Pdf

A philosophically sophisticated introduction to Nietzsche's most widely-read book, On the Genealogy of Morality (1887)

Author : Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche,Horace B. Samuel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2018-05
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1387782479

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On the Genealogy of Morality by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche,Horace B. Samuel Pdf

On the Genealogy of Morality, the classic three essay treatise of Friedrich Nietzsche, is considered by scholars to be one of the author's philosophic masterworks. This astounding work represents the maturity of Nietzsche's ideas, and consists of three distinct essays. In each, Nietzsche isolates and expands upon ideas he expressed in Beyond Good and Evil. Nietzsche juxtaposes ideas of weakness and strength, and notions of human preconception as generated over millenia of hierarchy inclusive of slavery, to demonstrate an evolution of ideas beyond traditional duality. This text controversially introduces the 'blond beast' - a a forebear for Nietzsche's posthumous association with Nazism and racial superiority. Nietzsche demonstrates how people with allegiance to ascetic ideals gained traction in society. He proceeds to discount science as an opposing influence, together with historians and idle thinkers, advocating for criticism of what is accepted as truth, and a replacement for flawed definitions.

Author : Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1911
Category : Ethics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105005400085

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Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche Pdf