Homo natura : Nietzsche, philosophical anthropology and biopolitics / Vanessa Lemm.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lemm, Vanessa, author.

Series:

Incitements.

Incitements

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900.

Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm.

Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900--Political and social views.

Philosophical anthropology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (216 p.)

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Highlights the relevance of Nietzsche’s thinking about human nature for contemporary debates in biopolitics and posthumanismInnovatively engages Nietzsche’s philosophy with contemporary debates on philosophical anthropology, psychoanalysis, gender studies, biopolitics and posthumanismOffers a new reading of parrhesia (truth speaking): from the ancient cynics via Nietzsche’s idea of Redlichlkeit (honesty/probity), to Foucault’s recently published reading of parrhesia in Ancient Greek philosophyProvides a unique reading of Nietzsche’s view on women, gender and sexual differenceNietzsche coins the enigmatic term homo natura to capture his understanding of the human being as a creature of nature and tasks philosophy with the renaturalisation of humanity. Following Foucault’s critique of the human sciences, Vanessa Lemm discusses the reception of Nietzsche’s naturalism in philosophical anthropology, psychoanalysis and gender studies. Lemm offers an original reading of homo natura that brings back the ancient Greek idea of nature and sexuality as creative chaos and of the philosophical life as outspoken and embodied truth, perhaps best exemplified by the Cynics’ embrace of social and cultural transformation.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Introduction: Who Is Nietzsche’s Homo Natura?

[1] Kantianism, Naturalism and Philosophical Anthropology

[2] Humanism beyond Anthropocentrism

[3] Psychoanalysis and the Deconstruction of Human Nature

[4] Biopolitics, Sexuality, and Social Transformation

Conclusion: Posthumanism and Community of Life

Appendix

References

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-200) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4744-6673-7

OCLC:

1312727338