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.
| ISBN: | 9780521411738 |
| Publication date: | 26th September 1991 |
| Author: | Keith AnsellPearson |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 284 pages |
| Genres: |
Philosophical traditions and schools of thought |
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.
Nietzsche Contra Rousseau features in the following genres: Philosophical traditions and schools of thought
Nietzsche Contra Rousseau is available in Hardback
Nietzsche Contra Rousseau was written by Keith AnsellPearson and published by Cambridge University Press
Nietzsche Contra Rousseau has 284 pages