Allison Merrick
Biographic Data
| ID | 6100709 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Allison Merrick |
| GIVEN NAMES | Allison |
| FAMILY NAME | Merrick |
| SIGNATURE | MERRICK A |
| AFFILIATIONS | California State University, San Marcos |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0234-4221 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Concerning the psychological type of the redeemer
In section 24 of The Antichrist , Nietzsche notes a problem namely “the origin of Christianity.” He offers two propositions toward its solution: the first is that “Christianity can only be understood on the soil where it grew:” and the second is that “the psychological type of the Galilean is still recognizable, but it had to assume a completely degenerate form (simultaneously mutilated and full of alien features) before it came to be used as a r…
Nietzsche’s On the Genealogy of Morality
We are, as Nietzsche tells us in the Preface to GM, “strangers to ourselves” (GM P:1). The particular shape of this self-estrangement is not, as Nietzsche makes plain, the product of simple neglect; nor is it the result of some lack of ability or competence. Indeed, in Nietzsche’s view, the very disciplines of philosophy, history, and psychology, for example, show us that we are at once eager and capable when it comes to taking ourselves as objec…
On making stones speak
On Seeing What There Is to See
Knowing Ourselves
By centering Nietzsche’s philosophical methods, notably the practice of genealogy, this article addresses how our moral values developed, and how, while they once worked to address certain needs, these values now may perpetuate our self-misunderstandings. In conversation first with Nehamas and Geuss, and then with Reginster, I reconstruct the two dominant conceptions of the practice of genealogy in Nietzsche Studies. I argue that when history is …
Suspicion, Suffering, and the Shaping of Subjectivity
My discussion of Dr. Goldstein’s paper “Trust and Suspicion or Sameness of Difference? Reframing Hermeneutics with the Invisible Other” centers on a key clinical question: what, if any, are the limits to therapeutic understanding and interpretation? In distinction to Goldstein, and in returning to Ricœur and Freud, I caution against unduly limiting the interpretive range of what can be shared between a patient and their analyst
A Paradox of Hope? Toward a Feminist Approach to Palliation
In this article, I address the role of hope in medical decision making. Against the backdrop of the so-called paradox of hope, I consider the relationship between medical futility and the preservation of hope. I build on the work of feminist bioethicists to argue that only a feminist approach to palliation may properly dissolve the paradox of hope
Of Genealogy and Transcendent Critique
Disagreements concerning Nietzsche's methodology in On the Genealogy of Morals abound. The debate generally ranges over what the genealogical method is meant to do and how this mode of inquiry might achieve its aims. This article seeks to undermine the dominant interpretative strategy, which suggests that the genealogical mode of inquiry functions by way of a transcendent critique and achieves its aims by presenting a causal description of the or…
Nietzsche and the Necessity of Freedom
It is widely assumed that there may be a tension in Nietzsche's views concerning freedom. In particular, Nietzsche seems to deny certain views of free will (GM I:13) and warns against “the hundred-times-refuted theory of ‘free will’” (BGE 18). Nevertheless, he also appears to admire the sovereign individual––“the man who has his own independent, protracted will,” “this master of a free will” (GM II:2)––as well as those who have forged a “free spi…
Of Genealogy and Transcendent Critique
Disagreements concerning Nietzsche's methodology in On the Genealogy of Morals abound. The debate generally ranges over what the genealogical method is meant to do and how this mode of inquiry might achieve its aims. This article seeks to undermine the dominant interpretative strategy, which suggests that the genealogical mode of inquiry functions by way of a transcendent critique and achieves its aims by presenting a causal description of the or…
Nietzsche and the Necessity of Freedom
It is widely assumed that there may be a tension in Nietzsche's views concerning freedom. In particular, Nietzsche seems to deny certain views of free will (GM I:13) and warns against “the hundred-times-refuted theory of ‘free will’” (BGE 18). Nevertheless, he also appears to admire the sovereign individual––“the man who has his own independent, protracted will,” “this master of a free will” (GM II:2)––as well as those who have forged a “free spi…
A Paradox of Hope? Toward a Feminist Approach to Palliation
In this article, I address the role of hope in medical decision making. Against the backdrop of the so-called paradox of hope, I consider the relationship between medical futility and the preservation of hope. I build on the work of feminist bioethicists to argue that only a feminist approach to palliation may properly dissolve the paradox of hope
Of Genealogy and Transcendent Critique
Disagreements concerning Nietzsche's methodology in On the Genealogy of Morals abound. The debate generally ranges over what the genealogical method is meant to do and how this mode of inquiry might achieve its aims. This article seeks to undermine the dominant interpretative strategy, which suggests that the genealogical mode of inquiry functions by way of a transcendent critique and achieves its aims by presenting a causal description of the or…
Suspicion, Suffering, and the Shaping of Subjectivity
My discussion of Dr. Goldstein’s paper “Trust and Suspicion or Sameness of Difference? Reframing Hermeneutics with the Invisible Other” centers on a key clinical question: what, if any, are the limits to therapeutic understanding and interpretation? In distinction to Goldstein, and in returning to Ricœur and Freud, I caution against unduly limiting the interpretive range of what can be shared between a patient and their analyst
Knowing Ourselves
By centering Nietzsche’s philosophical methods, notably the practice of genealogy, this article addresses how our moral values developed, and how, while they once worked to address certain needs, these values now may perpetuate our self-misunderstandings. In conversation first with Nehamas and Geuss, and then with Reginster, I reconstruct the two dominant conceptions of the practice of genealogy in Nietzsche Studies. I argue that when history is …
On making stones speak
On Seeing What There Is to See
Concerning the psychological type of the redeemer
In section 24 of The Antichrist , Nietzsche notes a problem namely “the origin of Christianity.” He offers two propositions toward its solution: the first is that “Christianity can only be understood on the soil where it grew:” and the second is that “the psychological type of the Galilean is still recognizable, but it had to assume a completely degenerate form (simultaneously mutilated and full of alien features) before it came to be used as a r…
Nietzsche’s On the Genealogy of Morality
We are, as Nietzsche tells us in the Preface to GM, “strangers to ourselves” (GM P:1). The particular shape of this self-estrangement is not, as Nietzsche makes plain, the product of simple neglect; nor is it the result of some lack of ability or competence. Indeed, in Nietzsche’s view, the very disciplines of philosophy, history, and psychology, for example, show us that we are at once eager and capable when it comes to taking ourselves as objec…
Epistemology (9 works) · Philosophy (9 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, and Hegel (5 works) · Philosophical Ethics and Theory (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Morality (3 works) · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Genealogy (2 works)