Anti-NietzscheA provocative intellectual assault on the iconic philosopher. Nietzsche, the philosopher seemingly opposed to everyone, has met with remarkably little opposition himself. He remains what he wanted to be— the limit-philosopher of a modernity that never ends. In this provocative, sometimes disturbing book, Bull argues that merely to reject Nietzsche is not to escape his lure. He seduces by appealing to our desire for victory, our creativity, our humanity. Only by ‘reading like a loser’ and failing to live up to his ideals can we move beyond Nietzsche to a still more radical revaluation of all values—a subhumanism that expands the boundaries of society until we are left with less than nothing in common.Anti-Nietzsche is a subtle and subversive engagement with Nietzsche and his twentieth-century interpreters—Heidegger, Vattimo, Nancy, and Agamben. Written with economy and clarity, it shows how a politics of failure might change what it means to be human. |
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| Title | Anti-Nietzsche |
| Author | Malcolm Bull |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Verso Books, 2011 |
| ISBN | 1859845746, 9781859845745 |
| Length | 212 pages |
| Subjects | › › Philosophy / Ethics & Moral Philosophy Philosophy / Movements / Existentialism |
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