Paul E Kirkland
Biographic Data
| ID | 4391963 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Paul E Kirkland |
| GIVEN NAMES | Paul E |
| FAMILY NAME | Kirkland |
| SIGNATURE | KIRKLAND P E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Carthage College, Kenosha, WI, USA |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7538-1536 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Nietzsche, Agonistic Politics, and Spiritual Enmity
This article examines the agonistic elements of Nietzsche’s thought in light of theorists who have sought to develop an agonistic democratic theory that would challenge democratic theory oriented by consensus. It argues that Nietzsche’s praise for a spiritualization of enmity provides support for a politics that embraces contest rather than seeking the elimination of conflict through either consensus or domination. Yet, unlike contemporary democr…
Sorrow Songs and Self-Knowledge
This article takes up the philosophical influences on Du Bois and argues that these help us to see his distinct contribution to political thought. It examines the way in which his treatment of cultural alternatives offers an alternative to the dominant strand of American commercial life and reveals limits to politics. The considerations of politics and culture found in The Souls of Black Folk exhibit the way in which spiritual strivings, directed…
Nietzsche's Tragic Realism
Whether in the service of aristocratic radicalism or radical democracy, Nietzsche's political thought has most often been associated with transformation rather than limitations. This paper argues that Nietzsche offers a realism that presents politics as driven by grand aspirations and bound by tragic limitations. Nietzsche draws on Thucydides as a source for a realism that is neither reductionist nor transformative, but rather looks to the grande…
Nietzsche's Honest Masks
This article argues that Nietzsche uses a rhetorically modern appeal to enact the self-overcoming of modernity and the aim of enlightenment. It demonstrates how Nietzsche aims to move his readers from a prejudice in favor of truthfulness, by appearing to radicalize that aim, to a new measure of nobility. In contrast to some who present Nietzsche's styles as the means to convey a dispersion of meanings, this article argues that, designs his writin…
Nietzsche's Tragic Realism
Whether in the service of aristocratic radicalism or radical democracy, Nietzsche's political thought has most often been associated with transformation rather than limitations. This paper argues that Nietzsche offers a realism that presents politics as driven by grand aspirations and bound by tragic limitations. Nietzsche draws on Thucydides as a source for a realism that is neither reductionist nor transformative, but rather looks to the grande…
Nietzsche, Agonistic Politics, and Spiritual Enmity
This article examines the agonistic elements of Nietzsche’s thought in light of theorists who have sought to develop an agonistic democratic theory that would challenge democratic theory oriented by consensus. It argues that Nietzsche’s praise for a spiritualization of enmity provides support for a politics that embraces contest rather than seeking the elimination of conflict through either consensus or domination. Yet, unlike contemporary democr…
Nietzsche's Honest Masks
This article argues that Nietzsche uses a rhetorically modern appeal to enact the self-overcoming of modernity and the aim of enlightenment. It demonstrates how Nietzsche aims to move his readers from a prejudice in favor of truthfulness, by appearing to radicalize that aim, to a new measure of nobility. In contrast to some who present Nietzsche's styles as the means to convey a dispersion of meanings, this article argues that, designs his writin…
Nietzsche's Tragic Realism
Whether in the service of aristocratic radicalism or radical democracy, Nietzsche's political thought has most often been associated with transformation rather than limitations. This paper argues that Nietzsche offers a realism that presents politics as driven by grand aspirations and bound by tragic limitations. Nietzsche draws on Thucydides as a source for a realism that is neither reductionist nor transformative, but rather looks to the grande…
Sorrow Songs and Self-Knowledge
This article takes up the philosophical influences on Du Bois and argues that these help us to see his distinct contribution to political thought. It examines the way in which his treatment of cultural alternatives offers an alternative to the dominant strand of American commercial life and reveals limits to politics. The considerations of politics and culture found in The Souls of Black Folk exhibit the way in which spiritual strivings, directed…
Nietzsche, Agonistic Politics, and Spiritual Enmity
This article examines the agonistic elements of Nietzsche’s thought in light of theorists who have sought to develop an agonistic democratic theory that would challenge democratic theory oriented by consensus. It argues that Nietzsche’s praise for a spiritualization of enmity provides support for a politics that embraces contest rather than seeking the elimination of conflict through either consensus or domination. Yet, unlike contemporary democr…
Law (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, and Hegel (3 works) · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism (3 works) · Politics (3 works)