The parallel philosophies of Sartre and Nietzsche : ethics, ontology and the self / Nik Farrell Fox.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fox, Nik Farrell, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethics.

Existentialism.

Ontology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, [2022]

Summary:

"How did Nietzsche and Sartre come to represent alternative modes of philosophy as antithetical thinkers? What exactly is their philosophical connection and how far does it extend? Tracing the connections between the existentialist philosophies of Nietzsche and Sartre, Nik Farrell Fox provides new readings attuned to questions of the self, politics and ethics. From their earliest to final writings, Fox brings into critical view the full trajectory of their lives and philosophy to reveal the underexplored parallels that connect them. Through engaging with new Nietzsche and Sartre studies as authoritative strands of interpretation, this book identifies both philosophers as twin thinkers of a deconstructive and paradoxical logic. Fox further re-examines their work in light of contemporary debates concerning posthumanism, vibrant materialism, quantum theory and speculative realism. Sartre and Nietzsche presents two iconic existentialists as thoroughly contemporary thinkers whose complex, rich, and sometimes-ambiguous philosophy, can illuminate our present posthuman reality."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Chapter 1. Introduction: An Imaginary Contamination

Chapter 2: Reading Nietzsche and Sartre

Chapter 3: Heidegger, Derrida and the Metaphysical Charge

Chapter 4: The Decentred Self

Chapter 5: A Creative Ethics

Chapter 6: Smooth Ontology

Chapter 7: Posthuman Progenitors

Chapter 8: Lebensphilosophie

Conclusion: Twin Philosophers of Paradox

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781350248175

1350248177

OCLC:

1293234708