Nietzsche on conflict, struggle and war
"In today's predominantly liberal climate, it comes very naturally to us to read Nietzsche as a thinker who was fundamentally opposed to murderous forms of conflict; and certainly, throughout his oeuvre, he repeatedly articulates a preference for measured modes of struggle - such as Wettkampf or Agon - over and against those of an unmeasured, destructive ilk. The allure of reading Nietzsche in this way is then intensified by the prevalence of agonistic interpretations in the critical literature…
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- Full title :Nietzsche on conflict, struggle and war / James S. Pearson.
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"In today's predominantly liberal climate, it comes very naturally to us to read Nietzsche as a thinker who was fundamentally opposed to murderous forms of conflict; and certainly, throughout his oeuvre, he repeatedly articulates a preference for measured modes of struggle - such as Wettkampf or Agon - over and against those of an unmeasured, destructive ilk. The allure of reading Nietzsche in this way is then intensified by the prevalence of agonistic interpretations in the critical literature"--
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- Publication Date:©2022
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication:Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2022
The Physical Object
- Description:xvi, 295 pages ; : 24 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781316516546, 1316516547
- oclc:on1240494209
- LC Classification:B3317
- Dewey Decimal:193
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