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.

The ten essays that comprise this volume wrestle with the tension between the individual and the 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.

This treatise is a concise volume on the principle of valuation, individualism, and more. It's not just a book on Nietzsche's philosophy; it includes biographical details based on the recollections of Nietzsche's closest friend, Paul Deussen and chapters on his ancestors and followers. First published in 1914 by a recognized philosopher Paul Carus, this work acts as an introduction and additional examination of one of the most contentious philosophers of the 19th century. The American philosopher and theologian Paul Carus (1852-1919) is also the author of The Religion of Science (1893), The Gospel of Buddha (1894), and The History of the Devil (1900). Contents include: Anti-scientific Tendencies Deussen's Recollections Extreme Nominalism A Philosophy of Originality The Overman Zarathustra A Protest Against Himself Nietzsche's Predecessor Ego-sovereignty Another Nietzsche Nietzsche's Disciples The Principle of Valuation Individualism Conclusion

G. W. F. Hegel and Friedrich Nietzsche are often considered the philosophical antipodes of the nineteenth century. In Infinite Autonomy, Jeffrey Church draws on the thinking of both Hegel and Nietzsche to assess the modern Western defense of individuality—to consider whether we were right to reject the ancient model of community above the individual. The theoretical and practical implications of this project are important, because the proper defense of the individual allows for the survival of modern liberal institutions in the face of non-Western critics who value communal goals at the expense of individual rights. By drawing from Hegelian and Nietzschean ideas of autonomy, Church finds a third way for the individual—what he calls the “historical individual,” which goes beyond the disagreements of the ancients and the moderns while nonetheless incorporating their distinctive contributions.

G. W. F. Hegel and Friedrich Nietzsche are often considered the philosophical antipodes of the nineteenth century. In Infinite Autonomy, Jeffrey Church draws on the thinking of both Hegel and Nietzsche to assess the modern Western defense of individuality—to consider whether we were right to reject the ancient model of community above the individual. The theoretical and practical implications of this project are important, because the proper defense of the individual allows for the survival of modern liberal institutions in the face of non-Western critics who value communal goals at the expense of individual rights. By drawing from Hegelian and Nietzschean ideas of autonomy, Church finds a third way for the individual—what he calls the “historical individual,” which goes beyond the disagreements of the ancients and the moderns while nonetheless incorporating their distinctive contributions.

More than one hundred years after the death of Nietzsche, his legacy remains one of the most pervasive in philosophical thought. While his influence on philosophical thought concerning culture is everywhere to be found, his influence on the philosophy of education has yet to find a place in mainstream thought on the subject, in spite of the inextricable connection between the two. This collection has been put together in an effort to redress this situation.Nietzsche, Culture and Education brings together a collection of specially commissioned essays on the theme of Nietzsche's cultural critique and its use in and effect on educational theory. The international character of the contributors gives this work a polyvalent perspective on these areas of Nietzsche's philosophy.

In his first book, The Birth of Tragedy, Nietzsche observes that Greek tragedy gathered people together as a community in the sight of their gods, and argues that modernity can be rescued from 'nihilism' only through the revival of such a festival. This is commonly thought to be a view which did not survive the termination of Nietzsche's early Wagnerianism, but Julian Young argues, on the basis of an examination of all of Nietzsche's published works, that his religious communitarianism in fact persists through all his writings. What follows, it is argued, is that the mature Nietzsche is neither an 'atheist', an 'individualist', nor an 'immoralist': he is a German philosopher belonging to a German tradition of conservative communitarianism - though to claim him as a proto-Nazi is radically mistaken. This important reassessment will be of interest to all Nietzsche scholars and to a wide range of readers in German philosophy.