Philosophizing madness from Nietzsche to Derrida / Angelos Evangelou.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Evangelou, Angelos.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mental illness--Philosophy.

Mental illness.

Mental Disorders.

Mental Health.

Philosophy.

Medical Subjects:

Mental Disorders.

Mental Health.

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

ix, 286 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.

Summary:

Drawing connections between madness, philosophy and autobiography, this book addresses the question of how Nietzsche's madness might have affected his later works. It also explores why continental philosophy after Nietzsche is so fascinated with madness, and how it (re)considers, (re)evaluates and (re)valorizes madness. To answer these questions, the book analyzes the work of three major figures in twentieth-century French philosophy who were significantly influenced by Nietzsche: Bataille, Foucault and Derrida, examining the ways in which their responses to Nietzsche's madness determine how they understand philosophy as well as philosophy's relation to madness. For these philosophers, posing the question about madness renders the philosophical subject vulnerable and implicates it in a state of responsibility towards that about which it asks. Out of this analysis of their engagement with the question of madness emerges a new conception of 'autobiographical philosophy', which entails the insertion of this vulnerable subject into the philosophical work, to which each of these philosophers adheres or resists in different ways.

Contents:

1. Introduction

Part I. Friedrich Nietzsche: madness and the limits of becoming

Part II. Georges Bataille: Madness and the 'Ethics of Vulnerability'

Part III. Michel Foucault: Madness and Philosophical Incapacity

Part IV. Jacques Derrida: Philosophy Opens Up to Madness

Part V. Responding to madness: autobiographical philosophy

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783319570921

3319570927

OCLC:

1005841967

Publisher Number:

99973632360