The Rise of Politics and Morality in Nietzsche's Genealogy
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The Rise of Politics and Morality in Nietzsche's Genealogy

From Chaos to Conscience

  1. 195 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Rise of Politics and Morality in Nietzsche's Genealogy

From Chaos to Conscience

About this book

Nietzsche's On the Genealogy of Morals has become a central text for understanding the thinker and his impact on moral philosophy. Yet his account of the rise of political society and its relation to morality has generally been overlooked, in large part because of its strange and often confusing character. In The Rise of Politics and Morality in Nietzsche's Genealogy: From Chaos to Conscience, Jeffrey Metzger devotes careful attention to Nietzsche's analysis of the origin of political society in the Second Essay and its intertwining with the development of morality and religion. Focused on how that account places Nietzsche's understanding of humanity in his larger conceptions of nature and the will to power, the book further considers how Nietzsche grounds his thought in the world as he presents it, and the strengths and weaknesses of Nietzsche's approach to this crucial moment in human development. This book will interest philosophers, political theorists, and anyone else interested in Nietzsche and his contribution to our understanding of how we became human.

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Information

Year
2019
eBook ISBN
9798881881580
Edition
1

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. A Note on Abbreviations and Translations
  4. Introduction
  5. 1 Nature and the Promising Animal
  6. 2 Sketches of Prehistoric Life
  7. 3 Philosophy and Morality in the World as Will to Power
  8. 4 An Animal Soul Turned against Itself
  9. 5 The Development and Moralization of the Bad Conscience
  10. Conclusion
  11. Bibliography
  12. Index
  13. About the Author