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." Table of Contents IntroductionErrors, Lies and the Suffered Social Histories of SubjectivityScenes of Subjectivity: Nietzsche with Marx and FreudRicoeur, Kofman, Foucault Chapter One: Convalescence, Mourning, and SocialityConvalescence and MourningZarathustra's ConvalescenceAbstraction in Popular Readings of Nietzsche: Derrida and Deleuze Chapter Two: Relationality, Trauma, and the Genealogy of the SubjectRelationality in the First Essay of On the Genealogy of MoralityRelationality in the Second Essay of On the Genealogy of MoralityNaturalism and Animistic Subjectivity: Common ApproachesLove and the Sociality of Unpayable DebtSociality, Masochism, and Dissociation: Section SevenSocio-cultural Histories of the Bad Conscience and Its Inversion Chapter Three: Nietzsche's Negative Dialectics: Ascetic Ideal and Status QuoReading Nietzsche in Light of Adorno's Philosophical PositionRelationality, Ascetic Ideal and Status Quo Chapter Four: Working-through Perspectives in Nietzsche and Object Relations PsychoanalysisSigns of Convalescence: Recurrence and Integrating Good and EvilKlein and NietzscheWinnicott and NietzscheIntegrating the Nonintegrable 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