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Zusatztext Exploring the ways in which an ontology of conflict informs Nietzsche's philosophy across the various domains of his critical interest has long been a desideratum. This volume does an excellent job in filling the gap! Informationen zum Autor Herman Siemens is Associate Professor of Modern Philosophy at Leiden University, Netherlands. James Pearson is a Lecturer in Philosophy at Leiden University. He recently completed his PhD at Leiden University on Nietzsche’s philosophy of conflict. He is currently working on the relation of nineteenth-century German philosophy to problems in contemporary political theory. His dissertation performs a critique of Nietzsche’s conception of conflict, and highlights the insufficiency of agonistic and militaristic interpretations of his thought. Aside from Nietzsche, he has published work on Hegel, Freud and Wittgenstein. Recent publications include ‘Language, Subjectivity and the Agon: A Comparative Study of Nietzsche and Lyotard’, Logoi , 1 (3) (2015); ‘On Catharsis, Conflict and the Coherence of Nietzsche’s Agonism’, Nietzsche-Studien , 45 (1) (2016); ‘Wittgenstein and the Utility of Disagreement’, Social Theory & Practice , 41 (4) (2016); ‘Nietzsche on the Sources of Agonal Moderation’, Journal of Nietzsche Studies , 49 (1) (2018). Zusammenfassung While Nietzsche’s works and ideas are relevant across the many branches of philosophy, the themes of contest and conflict have been mostly overlooked. Conflict and Contest in Nietzsche’s Philosophy redresses this situation, arguing for the importance of these issues throughout Nietzsche’s work.The volume has three key lines of inquiry: Nietzsche’s ontology of conflict; Nietzsche’s conception of the agon ; and Nietzsche’s warrior-philosophy. Under these three umbrellas is a collection of insightful and provocative essays considering, among other topics, Nietzsche’s understanding of resistance; his engagement with classical thinkers alongside his contemporaries, including Jacob Burckhardt; his views on language, metaphor and aphorism; and war, revolt and terror. In bringing together such topics, Conflict and Contest in Nietzsche’s Philosophy seeks to correct the one-sided tendencies within the existing literature to read simply 'hard' and 'soft' analyses of conflict.Written by scholars across the Anglophone and the European traditions, within and beyond philosophy, this collection emphasises the entire problematic of conflict in Nietzsche’s thought and its relation to his philosophical and literary practice. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of Contents Notes on contributorsAcknowledgementsAbbreviations and references for Nietzsche and KantTranslations of Nietzsche’s and Kant’s writingsIntroduction, Herman Siemens and James Pearson Part I. Nietzsche’s ontology of conflict 1. Nietzsche on Productive Resistance, Herman Siemens (Leiden University, The Netherlands)2. Unity in Strife: Nietzsche, Heraclitus and Schopenhauer’, James Pearson (Leiden University, The Netherlands) Part II. Conflict and Culture: Nietzsche’s Agon and the Greeks 3. ‘Competition and Democracy in Burckhardt and Nietzsche’, Ritchie Robertson (University of Oxford, UK)4. ‘Competitive Ethos and Cultural Dynamic. The principle of Agonism in Jacob Burckhardt and Friedrich Nietzsche’, Enrico Müller (University of Bonn, Germany)5. ‘Amor Agonis: Conflict and Love in Nietzsche and Homer’, Lawrence J. Hatab (Old Dominion University, USA)6. ‘Agonistic Communities: Love, War, and Spheres of Activity’, Christa Acampora (Graduate Center of the City University of New York, USA) Part III: Ethos and Conflict: Nietzsche’s Warriors and Warrior-philosophers 7. ‘Nietzsche on the Pleasure of the Agon and Enticements to War’, Michael McNeal (Metropolitan State University of Denver, USA)8. ‘“Aidos”, The Warrior-Pathos of Nietzsche’s Noble Philosopher’, Floria...
