Benjamin C Sax
Biographic Data
| ID | 6100781 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Benjamin C Sax |
| GIVEN NAMES | Benjamin C |
| FAMILY NAME | Sax |
| SIGNATURE | SAX B C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Kansas |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Culture and Truth
This article examines the complex relationship between Friedrich Nietzsche's thought and his background in classical philology. It argues that Nietzsche's philological training significantly shaped his understanding of truth, language, and culture. By analyzing Nietzsche's early writings and his later critiques of traditional scholarship, the article demonstrates how his engagement with classical texts informed his distinctive perspectives on the…
Remember Foucault, Remember Baudrillard
Forget Foucault. By Jean Baudrillard. Translated by Nicole Dufresne (Los Angeles, CA: Semiotext(e), 2007), 144 pp. £9.95/$14.95 paper. Few today would contest the claim that Michel Foucault was one
Nietzsche's New Moralism
The Ambiguities of Action
The Distinction Between Political Theology and Political Philosophy
Cultural Visions
This collection opens with an inquiry into the assumptions and methods of the historical study of culture, comparing the new cultural history with the old. Thirteen essays follow, each defining a problem within a particular culture. In the first section, Biography and Autobiography, three scholars explore historically changing types of self-conception, each reflecting larger cultural meanings; essays included examine Italian Renaissance biographe…
Jacob Burckhardt and national history
The prelude to the philosophy of the future
As Nietzsche worked it out in Zur Genealogie der Morals (1887), genealogy is more than a critical and parodic strategy as many now understand it; for genealogy is also a ‘prelude to a philosophy of the future’ and an introduction to Also Sprach Zarathustru (Pts I-III, 1883-4).’ The genealogical method itself gave Nietzsche the opportunity of announcing in his prose writings certain central ideas that he had already expressed poetically inzarathus…
The end of philosophy and the origins of ‘ideology’
(1990). The end of philosophy and the origins of ‘ideology’: Karl Marx and the crisis of the young Hegelians. History of European Ideas: Vol. 12, No. 6, pp. 837-841
Foucault, Nietzsche, history
George Lukacs and his generation
(1988). George Lukacs and his generation: 1900–1918. History of European Ideas: Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 108-110
Karl Marx's theory of history
(1985). Karl Marx's theory of history: A defense. History of European Ideas: Vol. 6, No. 4, pp. 483-486
Remember Foucault, Remember Baudrillard
Forget Foucault. By Jean Baudrillard. Translated by Nicole Dufresne (Los Angeles, CA: Semiotext(e), 2007), 144 pp. £9.95/$14.95 paper. Few today would contest the claim that Michel Foucault was one
Foucault, Nietzsche, history
Karl Marx's theory of history
(1985). Karl Marx's theory of history: A defense. History of European Ideas: Vol. 6, No. 4, pp. 483-486
George Lukacs and his generation
(1988). George Lukacs and his generation: 1900–1918. History of European Ideas: Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 108-110
Foucault, Nietzsche, history
The end of philosophy and the origins of ‘ideology’
(1990). The end of philosophy and the origins of ‘ideology’: Karl Marx and the crisis of the young Hegelians. History of European Ideas: Vol. 12, No. 6, pp. 837-841
Jacob Burckhardt and national history
The prelude to the philosophy of the future
As Nietzsche worked it out in Zur Genealogie der Morals (1887), genealogy is more than a critical and parodic strategy as many now understand it; for genealogy is also a ‘prelude to a philosophy of the future’ and an introduction to Also Sprach Zarathustru (Pts I-III, 1883-4).’ The genealogical method itself gave Nietzsche the opportunity of announcing in his prose writings certain central ideas that he had already expressed poetically inzarathus…
Cultural Visions
This collection opens with an inquiry into the assumptions and methods of the historical study of culture, comparing the new cultural history with the old. Thirteen essays follow, each defining a problem within a particular culture. In the first section, Biography and Autobiography, three scholars explore historically changing types of self-conception, each reflecting larger cultural meanings; essays included examine Italian Renaissance biographe…
The Distinction Between Political Theology and Political Philosophy
The Ambiguities of Action
Nietzsche's New Moralism
Remember Foucault, Remember Baudrillard
Forget Foucault. By Jean Baudrillard. Translated by Nicole Dufresne (Los Angeles, CA: Semiotext(e), 2007), 144 pp. £9.95/$14.95 paper. Few today would contest the claim that Michel Foucault was one
Culture and Truth
This article examines the complex relationship between Friedrich Nietzsche's thought and his background in classical philology. It argues that Nietzsche's philological training significantly shaped his understanding of truth, language, and culture. By analyzing Nietzsche's early writings and his later critiques of traditional scholarship, the article demonstrates how his engagement with classical texts informed his distinctive perspectives on the…
Philosophy (11 works) · Epistemology (9 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Art (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, and Hegel (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Art history (3 works)