Get over yourself : Nietzsche for our times / Patrick West.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

West, Patrick, author.

Series:

Societas (Imprint Academic (Firm))

Societas

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900.

Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm.

Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm,-1844-1900.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (124 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Exeter, England : Imprint Academic, 2017.

Summary:

Many books have sought to introduce the writings of the infamous and influential philosopher, Friedrich Nietzsche, but Get Over Yourself puts matters the other way round. Rather than simply explaining his thought, it instead asks: what would Nietzsche make of us? What would he think of our 21st-century, digital age? In our time of identity politics, therapy culture, 'safe spaces', religious fundamentalism, virtue-signalling, Twitterstorms, public emoting, 'dumbing-down', digital addiction and the politics of envy, the book introduces Nietzsche by putting the man in our shoes. Get Over Yourself both uses Nietzsche's philosophy to understand our society, and takes our society to explain his philosophy.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Front matter

Title page

Publisher information

Dedication

About the Author

Guide to abbreviations of Nietzsche's works

Prologue

Body matter

Introduction: Get over yourself

Human, all too human: The life of Friedrich Nietzsche

1. The Superman: Identity politics

2. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger: Therapy culture

3. Live Dangerously! Safe spaces

4. Convictions are prisons: Religious fundamentalism

5. The sick, loud gesture: Virtue signalling

6. The herd instinct: Twitterstorms

7. Beware the compassionate: Crying in public

8. Equality to the equal, inequality to the unequal: Dumbing down

9. Leisure and idleness are a noble thing: Digital addiction

10. The Will to Power: The politics of envy

Conclusion: Beyond Good and Evil

Back matter

Friedrich Nietzsche's Works

Bibliography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBC, viewed February 8, 2018).

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ISBN:

1-84540-954-X

OCLC:

1020026096