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Nietzsche on the Methods and Aims of Philosophy - The Seal of Liberation

English · Hardback

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"This book focuses on Nietzsche's method of genealogy and shows how Nietzsche uses genealogical methods to render us less obscure to ourselves, to liberate us from value systems that no longer serve our interests, and to demonstrate how we might become less prone to guilt and shame"--

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Introduction: why genealogy?; 1. The descent of our moral prejudices: on the subject of Nietzsche's genealogical analysis; 2. The order of rank: on the role of history in Nietzsche's genealogical analysis; 3. The most difficult backward inference: on the role of psychology in Nietzsche's genealogical analysis; 4. The moral defense: cruelty turned inward; 5. The psychological type of the redeemer; 6. The seal of liberation; 7. But how can we find ourselves again?; Acknowledgments; Reference List; Index.

About the author

Allison Merrick is Professor of Philosophy at California State University, San Marcos. She is the co-editor of Nietzsche and Politicized Identities (2024) and of 'Shame: Sources and Trajectories,' a special issue of Psychoanalytic Inquiry (2024).

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