Why We are Not Nietzscheans

Preface to the 1991 French Edition 1: Hierarchy and Truth Alain Boyer 2: The Brute, the Sophist, and the Aesthete: "Art in the Service of Illusion" Andre Comte-Sponville 3: Nietzsche's French Moment Vincent Descombes 4: "What Must First Be Proved Is Worth Little" Luc Ferry, Alain Renaut. 5: The Nietzschean Metaphysics of Life Robert Legros 6: Nietzsche as Educator Philippe Raynaud 7: The Traditional Paradigm - Horror of Modernity and Antiliberalism: Nietzsche in Reactionary Rhetoric Pierre-Andre Taguieff Index

Riassunto

The essays in this collection question the viability of Nietzsche's thought in the modern world, critiquing his philosophy of history as obsessed with hierarchy, his views on religion and art as myopic and irrational, and his stance on science as hopelessly reactionary.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Luc Ferry, Luc Ferry, Alain Renaut
• Con la collaborazione di: Luc Ferry (Editore), Alain Renaut (Editore), Robert de Loaiza (Traduzione)
• Editore: University Of Chicago Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 09.06.1997
• EAN: 9780226244815
• ISBN: 978-0-226-24481-5
• Pagine: 242
• Dimensioni: 228 mm x 153 mm x 14 mm
• Peso: 384 g
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: dall'antichità ai giorni nostri; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie