Nietzsche's On the genealogy of morality : a guide / Rex Welshon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Welshon, Rex, 1955- author.

Series:

Oxford guides to philosophy.

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford guides to philosophy

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethics.

Asceticism.

Ethics, Modern--19th century.

Ethics, Modern.

Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900. Zur Genealogie der Moral.

Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Summary:

A guide to 'On the Genealogy of Morality', one of Nietzsche's greatest, if often challenging, works. Taking recent scholarship on board and using it to inform its analyses of the Genealogy, the guide introduces readers of all levels to the major arguments found in the Genealogy. And where certain arguments are left underdeveloped by Nietzsche, the guide also shows how arguments he develops elsewhere clarify and buttress what he says in the Genealogy.

Contents:

Cover

Series

Nietzsche's On the Genealogy of Morality

Copyright

Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments

Citation Style and Abbreviations

Introduction: Genealogy and the Revaluation of Values

I.1 Overview of Genealogy and This Book

1. Biography, Intellectual Development, and Legacy

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Biography

Childhood

The Basel Years

The Peripatetic Years

Collapse, Incapacitation, and Death

1.3 Intellectual Development

Schopenhauer

Lange, Boscovich, and Drossbach

Roux and Rolph

1.4 Legacy

2. Genealogy Preface

2.1 Introduction

2.2 The Preface by the Sections

Sections 1-​3

Sections 4-​6

Sections 7-​8

2.3 Discussion

Genealogy as a Method

Naturalism and Philosophy

Philosophical and Theological Psychology

Morality and Moral Evaluation

3. Genealogy Essay I

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Essay I by the Sections

Sections 4-​5

Sections 6-​9

Section 10

Sections 11-​12

Sections 13-​15

Sections 16-​17

3.3 Discussion

Different Kinds of Morality and Moral Psychology

Drives and Affects

Evolution, Interpretation, and Evaluation

4. Genealogy Essay II

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Essay II by the Sections

Sections 4-​7

Sections 8-​11

Sections 12-​15

Sections 16-​18

Sections 19-​23

Sections 24-​25

4.3 Discussion

Subjectivity, Continuity, Self-​Awareness, and Self-​Control

Agency, Free Will, and Willing

Power and Willing Power

5. Genealogy Essay III

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Essay III by the Sections

Sections 1-​5

Sections 6-​10

Sections 11-​14

Sections 15-​16

Sections 17-​22

Sections 23-​25

Sections 26-​28

5.3 Discussion

Perspectival Perception, Interoception, and Knowledge

Relativism and Paradox

Asceticism, Decadence, and Nihilism.

Defending Life against Antilife Morality

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2023.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on September 12, 2023).

ISBN:

0-19-761185-0

0-19-761183-4

0-19-761184-2

OCLC:

1387568057