Hegel, Nietzsche, and Philosophy : Thinking Freedom / Will Dudley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dudley, Will, 1967-

Series:

Cambridge books online.

Modern European Philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Liberty.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (348 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2002.

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Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Contents:

Introduction: Freedom and Philosophy 1

1. The Significance of Freedom: From Politics to Philosophy 1

2. Competing Conceptions of Freedom 3

Liberal Freedom 3

Kantian Freedom 4

3. Hegel and Nietzsche 7

Part I. tFreedom in and Through Hegel's Philosophy

1 The Place of Freedom in Hegel's Philosophy 15

1. The Parts of Hegel's System: Logic, Nature, Spirit 15

2. The Logical Concept of Freedom 17

3. The Philosophy of Spirit as an Account of Freedom 21

2 The Freedom of Willing: Hegel's Philosophy of Right 28

1. The Logical Concept of Judgment 29

2. The Initial Conception of the Will and Its Development 31

3. The Moral Conception of the Will 39

4. The Incomplete Freedom of the Moral Will 42

5. The Institutions of Ethical Freedom: Family, Civil Society, State 56

3 Freedom beyond Willing: From the Philosophy of Right to Absolute Spirit 69

1. The Place of Willing in the Philosophy of Spirit 70

2. The Logical Concept of Purposiveness 75

3. The Incomplete Freedom of Willing 79

4. From Willing to Art, Religion, and Philosophy 91

4 Freedom through Hegel's Philosophy 101

1. Art, Religion, and Philosophy: Overcoming the Subjectivity of Willing 101

2. Philosophy as Conceptual Systematization 102

3. Freedom through Systematic Philosophy 106

4. Epilogue: Reconciliation, Resignation, Theory and Practice 109

Part II. Freedom in and Through Nietzsche's Philosophy

5 The Place of Freedom in Nietzsche's Philosophy 123

1. Nietzsche's Lack of System 123

2. Nietzsche's Unsystematic Account of Freedom 125

6 The Freedom of Willing: Decadence and Nobility 128

1. The Decadent Failures to Will Freely: Two Types of Sickness 128

Disgregation: The Unfreedom of Not Willing 128

The Morality of Selflessness: The Incomplete Freedom of Willing Nothing 134

The Contagious Circle of Decadence 143

2. From Decadence to Nobility: Convalescence 146

Destruction of the Moral Will 146

The Dangers of Destruction 156

Noble Health: The Establishment of a Free Will 160

7 Freedom beyond Willing: From Nobility to Tragedy 175

1. The Incomplete Freedom of Nobility 175

Destruction of the Noble Will: Healthy Reinfection 178

The Dangers of Destruction Redux 187

Beyond Nobility and Decadence: The Endless Cycle of Sickness and Convalescence 189

2. Tragic Great Health 195

Affirmation out of Overfullness 197

Amor Fati and Eternal Return 201

The Glad Tidings of Worldly Self-Redemption 207

8 Freedom through Nietzsche's Philosophy 213

1. The Language of Tragedy as a Condition of Freedom 214

2. Philosophy as a Source of Tragic Language 219

Conclusion: Philosophy and Freedom 227

1. The Freedom of Willing and Its Limitations 227

2. Freedom through Philosophy: System and Genealogy 230

3. The Complementarity of System and Genealogy 235

4. The Significance of Freedom: From Philosophy back to Politics 239.

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9780521812504

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