Habermas, Nietzsche, and Critical Theory
Publisher: Humanity Books
Published: August 31, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 355
ISBN-13: 9781591022091
Subjects: Aesthetics; Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present; Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm; Philosophy Of The 19th Century; Philosophy; Germany; Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm,; History & Surveys - Modern; General; 1844-1900; Critical theory; Habermas, Jurgen; Habermas, Jèurgen
First sentence: In the metonymy of casual associations ruling political readings of Friedrich Nietzsche, it is not uncommon to connect Nietzsche and Nazism, finding and holding Nietzsche responsible for the sentimental education of no one more execrable than Adolf Hitler and perhaps every other dictator, at least in theory.