Zarathustra's moral tyranny : spectres of Kant, Hegel and Feuerbach / Francesca Cauchi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cauchi, Francesca, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900. Also sprach Zarathustra.

Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm.

Also sprach Zarathustra (Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm).

Superman (Philosophical concept).

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 201 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2022.

Summary:

By way of a sustained interrogation of Zarathustra's doctrine of self-overcoming, Francesca Cauchi lays bare the asceticism underlying the prescriptive injunctions set forth in the first two parts of 'Thus Spoke Zarathustra'. These injunctions fall under three heads: self-legislation, self-denial and self-sacrifice, which are shown to bear striking affinities with concepts first formulated by Kant, Hegel and Feuerbach, respectively. In Cauchi's new reading, the Kantian rational will, the Hegelian 'labour of the negative' and Feuerbach's indivisible trinity of love, sacrifice and suffering are seen to resurface in Zarathustra as the agents of a ferocious and self-eviscerating doctrine of self-overcoming that exhibits all the attributes of a moral tyranny.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations and Translations

Introduction

1 Nietzsche’s Ascetic Morality

2 The Kantian Rational Will and the Tyranny of Self-Overcoming

3 Hegel’s ‘Labour of the Negative’ and the Lacerations of Self-Negation

4 The Bitter Cup of Pure Love: Feuerbach and Zarathustra

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 25 Apr 2023).

ISBN:

9781399504348

1399504347

9781399504331

1399504339

OCLC:

1352968092