Nietzsche and Political Thought

✍ Scribed by Keith Ansell-Pearson (editor)

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 247
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Nietzsche challenges the tenets of received political wisdom in a number of ways and his thinking contains resources for revitalising political thinking. Nietzsche and Political Thought offer fresh insights into Nietzsche's relevance for contemporary political thought in light of recent advances in research in the field and key topics in contemporary theorising about politics. The editor, Keith Ansell Pearson, provides an introduction that probes the controversies surrounding Nietzsche's thought and its legacy for politics, making a case for a fresh examination of the topic. An international team of leading scholars goes on to provide vital new perspectives on both core and novel topics including justice, democratic theory, biopolitics, the multitude, political psychology, and the Enlightenment. In spite of the controversies, what becomes clear is that Nietzsche is vital for political thought and a more sensitive and nuanced approach than conventional understandings allow is required. Nietzsche continues to have a lively presence in contemporay philosophy and this book reawakens interest in the political dimension of his thinking.