Nietzsche and Suffered Social Histories : Genealogy and Convalescence

This book presents a reading of Nietzsche as a thinker of the suffered social histories of subjectivity. It suggests that Nietzsche’s concept of genealogy needs the concept of convalescence to be coherent. Genealogy is a form of reflection that traces the suffered scenes of which that reflection is symptomatic, whereas convalescence is the ordeal of reflection’s coming to bear its limits within scenes of embodied suffering. This theme is developed by appeals to Freud’s notion of mourning and the object relations theories of Melanie Klein and D.W. Winnicott, which insist on the primacy of suffered relationality in the genesis of subjectivity. Moreover, Adorno’s notion of negative dialectics and its emphasis on the primacy of the object are suggested as an alternative context within which to read Nietzsche’s writing, in contrast with dominant modes of criticism. The discussion will appeal to anyone interested in Nietzsche, critical theory and the relationship between psychoanalysis and philosophy. "Acknowledgements"--"Contents"--"Chapter 1 Introduction"--"Errors, Lies, and the Suffered Social Histories of Subjectivity" -- "Scenes of Subjectivity: Nietzsche with Marx and Freud" -- "Ricoeur, Kofman, Foucault" -- "Chapter 2 Convalescence, Mourning, and Sociality" -- "Convalescence and Mourning" -- "Zarathustraâ#x80;#x99;s Convalescence" -- "Abstraction in Popular Readings of Nietzsche: Derrida and Deleuze" -- "Chapter 3 Relationality, Trauma, and the Genealogy of the Subject" -- "Relationality in the First Essay of on the Genealogy of Morality" -- "Relationality in the Second Essay of on the Genealogy of Morality" -- "Naturalism and Animistic Subjectivity: Common Approaches" -- "Love and the Sociality of Unpayable Debt" -- "Sociality, Masochism, and Dissociation: Section Seven" -- "Socio-Cultural Histories of the Bad Conscience and Its Inversion" -- "Chapter 4 Nietzscheâ#x80;#x99;s Negative Dialectic: Ascetic Ideal and the Status Quo" -- "Reading Nietzsche in Light of Adornoâ#x80;#x99;s Philosophical Position" -- "Relationality, Ascetic Ideal, and Status Quo" -- "Chapter 5 Working-Through Perspectives in Nietzsche and Object Relations Psychoanalysis" -- "Signs of Convalescence: Recurrence and Integrating Good and Evil" -- "Klein and Nietzsche" -- "Winnicott and Nietzsche" -- "Integrating the Non-Integrable" -- "Bibliography." Acknowledgements 6 Contents 8 Chapter 1 Introduction 9 Errors, Lies, and the Suffered Social Histories of Subjectivity 15 Scenes of Subjectivity: Nietzsche with Marx and Freud 30 Ricoeur, Kofman, Foucault 39 Chapter 2 Convalescence, Mourning, and Sociality 50 Convalescence and Mourning 51 Zarathustra’s Convalescence 56 Abstraction in Popular Readings of Nietzsche: Derrida and Deleuze 60 Chapter 3 Relationality, Trauma, and the Genealogy of the Subject 75 Relationality in the First Essay of on the Genealogy of Morality 78 Relationality in the Second Essay of on the Genealogy of Morality 87 Naturalism and Animistic Subjectivity: Common Approaches 93 Love and the Sociality of Unpayable Debt 96 Sociality, Masochism, and Dissociation: Section Seven 102 Socio-Cultural Histories of the Bad Conscience and Its Inversion 105 Chapter 4 Nietzsche’s Negative Dialectic: Ascetic Ideal and the Status Quo 113 Reading Nietzsche in Light of Adorno’s Philosophical Position 116 Relationality, Ascetic Ideal, and Status Quo 133 Chapter 5 Working-Through Perspectives in Nietzsche and Object Relations Psychoanalysis 148 Signs of Convalescence: Recurrence and Integrating Good and Evil 151 Klein and Nietzsche 155 Winnicott and Nietzsche 165 Integrating the Non-Integrable 179 Bibliography 184 Index 188 This book presents a reading of Nietzsche as a thinker of the suffered social histories of subjectivity. It suggests that Nietzsche's concept of genealogy needs the concept of convalescence to be coherent. Genealogy is a form of reflection that traces the suffered scenes of which that reflection is symptomatic, whereas convalescence is the ordeal of reflection's coming to bear its limits within scenes of embodied suffering. This theme is developed by appeals to Freud's notion of mourning and the object relations theories of Melanie Klein and D.W. Winnicott, which insist on the primacy of suffered relationality in the genesis of subjectivity. Moreover, Adorno's notion of negative dialectics and its emphasis on the primacy of the object are suggested as an alternative context within which...--Publisher's description Front Matter....Pages i-ix Introduction....Pages 1-41 Convalescence, Mourning, and Sociality....Pages 43-67 Relationality, Trauma, and the Genealogy of the Subject....Pages 69-106 Nietzsche’s Negative Dialectic: Ascetic Ideal and the Status Quo....Pages 107-141 Working-Through Perspectives in Nietzsche and Object Relations Psychoanalysis....Pages 143-178 Back Matter....Pages 179-185