Publication

1991 - Cambridge University Press, Cambridge [England], England

Language

English

Word Count

71,000 words, Guess

Page Count

284 pages

Identifiers

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  • LibraryThing163427

Classifications

  • DDC320/.01
  • LCCJC233.N52 A58 1991

Description

Keith Ansell-Pearson's book is an important and very welcome contribution to a neglected area of research: Nietzsche's political thought. Nietzsche is widely regarded as a significant moral philosopher, but his political thinking has often been dismissed as either impossibly individualistic or dangerously totalitarian. Nietzsche contra Rousseau takes a serious look at Nietzsche as political thinker and relates his political ideas to the dominant traditions of modern political thought. In particular, the nature of Nietzsche's dialogue with the philosophy of Jean-Jacques Rousseau is examined, in order to demonstrate Rousseau's crucial role in Nietzsche's understanding of modernity and its discontents.

First Sentence

On a number of occasions Nietzsche described himself as being 'contra Rousseau'.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Nietzsche contra Rousseau: a study of Nietzsche's moral and political thoughtCambridge University Press1991-01-01

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