"Beautifully written and bursting with spirit, How to Read Like a Parasite is destined to be vital reading." - Matthew McManus, author of Nietzsche and the Politics of Reaction
How to Read Like a Parasite overturns the
whitewashed and defanged version of Nietzsche that has been made popular by generations of
translators and academic philosophers who have presented his work as apolitical and without
a core reactionary agenda.
The central argument of the book is that Nietzsche's philosophy
does have a center, and that the left learns a great deal from Nietzsche when we read him as
driven by a highly sophisticated reactionary political vision that informs all his major concepts
and ideas.
The most important Nietzschean concepts - from perspectivism, ressentiment, eternal return to
the pathos of distance - are analyzed in the historical context in which Nietzsche lived and wrote,
and several case-studies of prominent left-Nietzscheans from Jack London, Gilles Deleuze,
Wendy Brown to Huey Newton are discussed.
How to Read Like a Parasite
makes a persuasive case for how we can overcome Nietzsche's damaging influence on the left, showing us how to read and understand his work without becoming victims of it.
| ISBN: | 9781914420627 |
| Publication date: | 2nd January 2024 |
| Author: | Daniel Tutt |
| Publisher: | Repeater an imprint of Watkins Media Limited |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 366 pages |
| Genres: |
Philosophy Social and political philosophy Political science and theory |
"Beautifully written and bursting with spirit, How to Read Like a Parasite is destined to be vital reading." - Matthew McManus, author of Nietzsche and the Politics of Reaction
How to Read Like a Parasite overturns the
whitewashed and defanged version of Nietzsche that has been made popular by generations of
translators and academic philosophers who have presented his work as apolitical and without
a core reactionary agenda.
The central argument of the book is that Nietzsche's philosophy
does have a center, and that the left learns a great deal from Nietzsche when we read him as
driven by a highly sophisticated reactionary political vision that informs all his major concepts
and ideas.
The most important Nietzschean concepts - from perspectivism, ressentiment, eternal return to
the pathos of distance - are analyzed in the historical context in which Nietzsche lived and wrote,
and several case-studies of prominent left-Nietzscheans from Jack London, Gilles Deleuze,
Wendy Brown to Huey Newton are discussed.
How to Read Like a Parasite
makes a persuasive case for how we can overcome Nietzsche's damaging influence on the left, showing us how to read and understand his work without becoming victims of it.
How to Read Like a Parasite features in the following genres: Philosophy, Social and political philosophy, Political science and theory
How to Read Like a Parasite is available in Paperback
How to Read Like a Parasite was written by Daniel Tutt and published by Repeater an imprint of Watkins Media Limited
How to Read Like a Parasite has 366 pages
£11.69