Nietzsche's economy : modernity, normativity and futurity / Peter R. Sedgwick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sedgwick, Peter R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900.

Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm.

Economics--Philosophy.

Economics.

Civilization, Modern.

Physical Description:

xii, 217 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.

Summary:

This book offers an interpretation of Nietzsche's writings that situates them in relation to the notions of modernity and the sphere of economic and industrial culture. Nietzsche is revealed to be a thinker who is inescapably bound up with his times: economically inspired notions of exchange, credit, debit, sacrifice, labour, possession, expenditure, surplus, measuring, weighing, evaluating, and the like permeate his thought. Starting with the Untimely Meditations, this study charts Nietzsche's early critical interest and engagement with the realm of commercial culture, his later criticisms of the cultural domination of modern mercantilism (in such works as Human, All Too Human, Daybreak, and The Gay Science) and his mature development of an account of modern society as an amalgam of contemporary practices residing upon ancient economically derived foundations. These elements are related to Nietzsche's vision of the overman and his conception of philosophy as a legislative enterprise.

Contents:

1 Economy and Society in Nietzsche's 'Middle Period' Works: Human, All Too Human, Assorted Opinions and Maxims, The Wanderer and His Shadow, Daybreak 1

2 Humankind, the Measurer of All Things: Modernity and Primitive Economy in Human, All Too Human, Daybreak and The Gay Science 29

3 The Great Economy 67

4 Zarathustra and the Economy of the Overman 113

5 Philosophical Temptations: Economy and Futurity 147.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-208) and index.

ISBN:

9781403990662

1403990662

OCLC:

80911028

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