Nietzsche on the decadence and flourishing of culture / Andrew Huddleston.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Huddleston, Andrew, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900.

Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm.

Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900. Geburt der Tragödie.

Culture--Philosophy.

Culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 191 pages).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019.

Summary:

Andrew Huddleston presents a striking challenge to the standard view of Nietzsche as the champion of the great individual, and preoccupied with his own quasi-artistic self-cultivation. Huddleston focuses on Nietzsche's idea of a flourishing culture to bring out the deep social and collectivist character of his thought.

Contents:

Introduction

The existential conception of cuture

The uses and disadvantages of Bildung for culture

The collectivists conception of culture

The great individual in culture

Nietzche on decadence of individuals and cultures

Consecration to culture: Nietzsche on slavery and human dignity

Nietzsche's meta-axiology: Against the skeptical readings

Cultural criticism: The case of the christain-moral outlook

Afterword.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2019.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-255682-7

0-19-186228-2

0-19-255681-9