Illusion and Non-Identity Thinking in Nietzsche's Critical Theory

Bibliographic Data

ID2370871
AuthorsVasilis Grollios (0000-0002-2937-196X, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume48
Issue7-8
Pages1293-1307
Publication date2022-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCritical Sociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0896-9205 • E-ISSN: 1569-1632
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/08969205211056354
OpenAlexW3211070926
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited16

The paper attempts to bring to the fore the radical character of Nietzsche's critical theory. It argues that behind Nietzsche's consideration of suffering lies both a critique of one-dimensional mass culture and fetishism, and a theory of alienation that is much closer to Marx's critique of alienation in capitalism than is usually believed. Uniquely, it will also support the idea that Nietzsche holds a theory of a dialectics between content and form, that is of non-identity thinking, very similar to that of the first generation of the Frankfurt School, and will attempt to connect it to an attempt to doubt the core values sustaining capitalism

Aesthetics · Alienation · Capitalism · Critical theory · Dialectic · Epistemology · Fetishism · Hegelianism · Late capitalism · Political science · Politics · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · Will to power · Critical Theory and Philosophy · Law · Philosophy · Political Economy and Marxism · Psychoanalysis, Philosophy, and Politics · Psychology