Nietzsche's Noble Aims

Affirming Life, Contesting Modernity

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Nietzsche's Noble Aims

Affirming Life, Contesting Modernity

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This innovative volume presents an account of Nietzsche's claims about noble, life-affirming ways of life, analyzes the source of such claims, and explores the political vision that springs from them. Kirkland elucidates the meaning of Nietzsche's remarks about life-affirmation through an examination of his rhetorical identification with values, such as honesty, that he ultimately seeks to overcome. The book includes an extended treatment of the meaning and implications of Nietzsche's doctrine of eternal return, which uncovers how this element of his philosophy challenges both ungrounded metaphysical oppositions and reductionist accounts of human life. The result is an illuminating discussion of how through his philosophical confrontation with modernity Nietzsche aims to move his readers toward a noble embrace of life.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 1. Educating the Free Spirit
Chapter 3 2. Masks of Honesty
Chapter 4 3. Nobility and Responsibility
Chapter 5 4. The Esteeming Animal
Chapter 6 5. Willing and Time
Chapter 7 6. Redeeming Time: The Teaching of the Eternal Return
Chapter 8 7. Eternal Return and the Ethics of Contest
Chapter 9 8. Politics of Contest
Chapter 10 9. Heights of the Soul: Laughter and the Perspective of Life
Chapter 11 10. Challenging the Old and New Tablets: Nietzsche's Art of Writing
Part 12 Conclusion

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Published Jul 16 2009
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Extent 306
ISBN 9780739127292
Imprint Lexington Books
Dimensions 239 x 163 mm
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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