Nietzsche on memory and history : the re-encountered shadow / edited by Anthony K. Jensen, Carlotta Santini.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jensen, Anthony K., 1978- editor.

Santini, Carlotta, 1984- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Memory (Philosophy).

History--Philosophy.

History.

Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900.

Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XIV, 340 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Germany ; Boston, Massachusetts : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, [2021]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

History and memory rank as central themes in the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche. As one of the last philosophers of the 19th century, Nietzsche naturally belongs to the so-called ‘historical century’. The contentious exchange with the past and with antiquity – as much as the mechanisms, the dangers, and the lessons of memory and tradition – are continually examined and stand in close relationship with Nietzsche’s vision of life and his project of human development. As Jacob Burckhardt once wrote of the cultural critique to his Basel colleague: "Fundamentally, you are always teaching history" (9/13/1882). Following Burckhardt’s judgment, the contributors focus on the analysis of core questions in the philosophies of history and memory, and their respective convergence in the thought of Nietzsche. The epistemological relevance of these central concepts will be thematized alongside those concerning tradition, and education. The discussion of these rich themes unifies a broad spectrum of questions, ranging from cultural memory to contemporary philosophy of mind. The contributions are revised versions of selected papers presented at the 2018 conference of the annual meeting of the Nietzsche Society in Naumburg.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Acknowledgements

Contents

List of Abbreviations / Siglenverzeichnis

Introduction

Section I: History

Critical History and Genealogy

Typologies of Histories

Origins and Genealogies

Section II: Memory and Forgetting

Nietzsche und das kulturelle Gedächtnis. Eine kritische Relektüre der Zweiten Unzeitgemässen Betrachtung

„Göttlich ist des Vergessens Kunst“. Nietzsches Poetik des Gedächtnisses

What is ‘Active’ Forgetting in Nietzsche’s Genealogy II, 1?

Eternal Return and Memory

Memory, History and the Paternal Shadow: Nietzsche’s Autobiographical Survival

Das Trauma des Werdens – Nietzsche gegen die Identität

Section III: The Person and Society

Gedächtnis und Leiblichkeit: Herkunft, Gefahr und Aktualität ihres Zusammenhangs

History and Memory in Civilization- Building Processes: A Reading of Der Antichrist, 56–58

Histories of Violence: Nietzsche on Cruelty and Normative Order

Temporalities of the Feeling of Power

„Versprechen können“ oder „versprechen dürfen“?: Anmerkungen über die ersten drei Abschnitte in der zweiten Abhandlung von Nietzsches Zur Genealogie der Moral

Section IV: Context and Reception

Die Literaturgeschichte als „künstlerische Produktion“. Der Schopenhauersche Begriff der Geschichte und die nachgelassenen Fragmente Nietzsches aus der Zeit 1867/1868

Zwischen Geschichte und Gedächtnis: Aby Warburg, Jacob Burckhardt und Friedrich Nietzsche

Vordenker kollektiver identitätsbildender Gedächtniskonstruktionen? Eine kritische Sichtung der Nietzsche-Rezeption Aleida und Jan Assmanns

Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

3-11-067116-6

OCLC:

1229161030