Beyond Hegel and Nietzsche : philosophy, culture, and agency / Elliot L. Jurist.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jurist, Elliot L., 1953- author.

Series:

Studies in contemporary German social thought

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, 1770-1831.

Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich.

Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900.

Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm.

Culture--Philosophy--History--19th century.

Culture.

Agent (Philosophy)--History--19th century.

Agent (Philosophy).

History.

Culture--Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 355 pages).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2000]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Are Hegel and Nietzsche philosophical opposites? Can twentieth-century Continental philosophers be categorized as either Hegelians or Nietzscheans? In this book Elliot Jurist places Hegel and Nietzsche in conversation with each other, reassessing their relationship in a way that affirms its complexity. Jurist examines Hegel's and Nietzsche's claim that philosophy and culture are linked and explicates the various meanings of "culture" in their work--in particular, the contrast both thinkers draw between ancient and modern culture. He evaluates their positions on the failure of modern culture and on the need to develop conceptions of satisfied agency. It is Jurist's original contribution to focus on the psychological sensibility that informs the project of both philosophers. Writing in an admirably clear style, he traces the ongoing legacy of Hegel's and Nietzsche's thought in Adorno, Habermas, Honneth, Jessica Benjamin, Heidegger, Derrida, Lacan, and Butler.

Notes:

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

0585442681

9780585442686

0262276585

9780262276580

OCLC:

51958295

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