Individual and Community in Nietzsche''s Philosophy

The ten essays that comprise this volume wrestle with the tension between the individual and the community in Nietzsche's philosophy.

List of contents

1. Nietzsche: the long view Julian Young; 2. 'The time is coming when one will have to relearn about politics' Hans Sluga; 3. The culture of myth and the myth of culture Ken Gemes and Chris Sykes; 4. Festivals of recognition: Nietzsche's idealized communities Kathleen Higgins; 5. Nietzsche's scientific community: elective affinities Jessica Berry; 6. The good of community Maudemarie Clark and Monique Wonderly; 7. The self versus society: Nietzsche's advocacy of egoism Ivan Soll; 8. Nietzsche and the collective individual Christine Swanton; 9. 'We Hyperboreans': toward a Nietzschean topography Jeff Malpas; 10. Nietzsche, language, and community John Richardson.

About the author

Julian Young is Kenan Professor of Humanities and Professor of Philosophy at Wake Forest University. He is the author of more than fifty articles and eleven books, including Friedrich Nietzsche: A Philosophical Biography (Cambridge, 2010), The Philosophy of Tragedy: From Plato to Žižek (Cambridge, 2013), and The Death of God and the Meaning of Life, 2nd edition (2014).

Summary

A traditional interpretation of Nietzsche claims that he values only the exceptional individual. Yet there are passages in which he seems to value the flourishing of the community above that of the individual. The ten essays that comprise this volume wrestle with this tension, some defending the traditional interpretation, others arguing for the importance of community.

Product details

• Authors: Edited by Julian You, Julian Young, Julian (Wake Forest University Young
• Assisted by: Julian Young (Editor), Julian (Wake Forest University Young (Editor), Young Julian (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.08.2014
• EAN: 9781107049857
• ISBN: 978-1-107-04985-7
• No. of pages: 262
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, Political science & theory, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, History of Western philosophy