Will to power, Nietzsche's last idol / Jean-Etienne Joullie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Joullie, Jean-Etienne.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900.

Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm.

Philosophy, German--19th century.

Philosophy, German.

Will.

Power (Philosophy).

Philosophy--ukslc.

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

xi, 242 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

Summary:

Jean-Etienne Joullié analyses the notion of will to power formulated by Friedrich Nietzsche. Nietzsche hoped to make will to power the centrepiece of his late philosophy and the basis on which a revaluation of all values would be possible. In this grandiose project, he encountered problems that were to prove insurmountable: the criticisms he had directed at his predecessors returned to sabotage his plans. Will to power is a stillborn philosophical chimera: even with an element of naturalism, romanticism cannot be reconciled with ancient heroism. Nietzsche's attempts to erect a new philosophy of will to power ended in failure and it is reasonable to believe that Nietzsche recognised this. The physical collapse in Turin was also an existential one. On January 3, 1889, Nietzsche had not said everything he wanted to say, but he had said everything that he could say. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction: Writing on Nietzsche 1

2 Will to Power and Ascetic Ideal 33

3 Will to Power and Materialism 82

4 Will to Power and 'I' 145

5 Conclusion: The Twilight of an Idol 206.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-236) and index.

ISBN:

1137363185

9781137363183

OCLC:

865169314