Nietzsche's Political Confusion

Datos Bibliográficos

ID20143496
AutoresIain Morrisson (0000-0002-6699-4584, University of Houston, autor de correspondencia)
Año2003
Volumen69
Número3
Páginas184-210
Fecha de publicación2003-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaTheoria (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0040-5825 • E-ISSN: 1755-2567
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1755-2567.2003.tb00762.x
OpenAlexW2127292346
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas9

Commentators have argued about whether Nietzsche is an aristocratic radical, a postmodern democrat or an anti‐political philosopher. Each of these views is correct in that there is some evidence from Nietzsche's texts that speaks in its favor. However, this fact points to a deeper truth, which is that Nietzsche's politics are confused. Nietzsche argues in favor of certain political ideals throughout his works, but these ideals do not hang together to form a coherent political system. The bulk of the evidence in Nietzsche's corpus supports the view that he is an aristocratic radical, and so, in this paper, I argue my point by targeting this view and showing that Nietzsche does not have a complete or coherent aristocratic system

Confusion · Epistemology · Political science · Politics · Postmodernism · Psychoanalysis · Critical Theory and Philosophy · Law · Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, and Hegel · Philosophy · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism · Psychology