Title: Nietzsche contra Rousseau
First published: 1991
Description: Keith Ansell-Pearson's book is an important and very welcome contribution to a neglected area of research: Nietzsche's political thought. Nietzsche is widely regarded as a significant moral philosopher, but his political thinking has often been dismissed as either impossibly individualistic or dangerously totalitarian. Nietzsche contra Rousseau takes a serious look at Nietzsche as political thinker and relates his political ideas to the dominant traditions of modern political thought. In particular, the nature of Nietzsche's dialogue with the philosophy of Jean-Jacques Rousseau is examined, in order to demonstrate Rousseau's crucial role in Nietzsche's understanding of modernity and its discontents.
Subjects: Ethics, Political and social views, Nietzsche, friedrich wilhelm, 1844-1900, Rousseau, jean-jacques, 1712-1778, Philosophy, history, Et la science politique, Morale, Ethik, Politische Ethik, Politische Philosophie, Politieke filosofie, Ethiek, Political science, Contributions in political science
People: Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900), Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778)
LC classification: JC233.N52 A58 1991