Nietzsche, Power and Politics : Rethinking Nietzsche's Legacy for Political Thought

Frontmatter; Contents; References and Citations; Abbreviations; Translations of Nietzsche's writings; Introduction; The Birth of the State; Nietzsche as 'Über-Politischer Denker'; The Question of Nietzsche's Anti-Politics and Human Transfiguration1; Nietzsche, Democracy, Time1; Nietzsche, Ethical Agency and the Problem of Democracy; Breaking the Contract Theory: The Individual and the Law in Nietzsche's Genealogy; Nietzsche's Reasoning against Democracy: Why He Uses the Social Herd Metaphor and Why He Fails; Critical Aspects of Nietzsche's Relation to Politics and Democracy.;Nietzsche?s legacy for political thought is a highly contested area of research today. With papers representing a broad range of positions, this collection takes stock of the central controversies (Nietzsche as political / anti-political thinker? Nietzsche and / contra democracy? Arendt and / contra Nietzsche?), as well as new research on key concepts (power, the agon, aristocracy, friendship i.a.), on historical, contemporary and futural aspects of Nietzsche?s political thought. International contributors include well-known names (Conway, Ansell-Pearson, Hatab, Taureck, Patton, Connolly, Vill. Frontmatter......Page 2 Contents......Page 8 References and Citations......Page 14 Abbreviations......Page 16 Translations of Nietzsche’s writings......Page 22 Introduction......Page 24 I. Nietzsche as Political Thinker / Nietzsche as Anti-Political Thinker......Page 58 The Birth of the State......Page 60 Nietzsche as ‘Über-Politischer Denker’......Page 92 The Question of Nietzsche’s Anti-Politics and Human Transfiguration1......Page 108 II. Nietzsche and Democracy / Nietzsche contra Democracy ......Page 128 II.1 Nietzsche and democracy ......Page 130 Nietzsche, Democracy, Time......Page 132 Nietzsche, Ethical Agency and the Problem of Democracy......Page 166 Breaking the Contract Theory: The Individual and the Law in Nietzsche’s Genealogy......Page 192 II.2 Nietzsche contra democracy ......Page 212 Nietzsche’s Reasoning against Democracy: Why He Uses the Social Herd Metaphor and Why He Fails......Page 214 Critical Aspects of Nietzsche’s Relation to Politics and Democracy......Page 228 II.3 Nietzsche's equivocal relation to democracy ......Page 252 Yes, No, Maybe So... Nietzsche’s Equivocations on the Relation between Democracy and ‘Grosse Politik’......Page 254 The Sacrifice of the Overman as an Expression of the Will to Power: Anti-Political Consequences and Contributions to Democracy......Page 292 III. Nietzsche on Aristocracy and Empire ......Page 320 Nietzsche’s Aristocratism Revisited......Page 322 Anti-Politicality and Agon in Nietzsche’s Philology......Page 342 Nietzsche as Bonapartist......Page 370 ‘Nietzsche Caesar’......Page 394 IV. Nietzsche and Arendt / Nietzsche versus Arendt ......Page 416 How ‘Nietzschean’ Was Arendt?......Page 418 Nietzsche and/or Arendt?......Page 434 Overcoming Resentment. Remarks on the Supra-Moral Ethic of Nietzsche and Hannah Arendt......Page 454 V. Nietzsche on Power and Rights ......Page 474 Forces and Powers in Nietzsche’s Genealogy of Morals......Page 476 Nietzsche on Rights, Power and the Feeling of Power......Page 494 VI. Nietzsche's Politics of Friendship and Enmity ......Page 512 On Nietzsche and the Enemy: Nietzsche’s New Politics......Page 514 Nietzsche and Emerson on Friendship and Its Ethical-Political Implications......Page 534 VII. Nietzsche and Politics in Historical Perspective ......Page 564 Manu as a Weapon against Egalitarianism: Nietzsche and Hindu Political Philosophy......Page 566 Political Implications of Happiness in Descartes and Nietzsche......Page 606 Nietzsche, Money And Bildung......Page 628 A ‘Wondrous Echo’: Burckhardt, Renaissance and Nietzsche’s Political Thought......Page 652 Nietzsche and the Psychology of Mimesis: From Plato to the Führer......Page 690 VIII. Nietzsche and Contemporary Political Theory: Genealogy, Biopolitics and the Body ......Page 718 Contingent Criticism: Bridging Ideology Critique and Genealogy......Page 720 The Biological Threshold of Modern Politics: Nietzsche, Foucault and the Question of Animal Life......Page 742 Corporealizing Thought: Translating the Eternal Return Back into Politics......Page 764 IX. Nietzsche on Philosophy and Politics (of the Future) ......Page 788 ‘Holding on to the Sublime’: Nietzsche on Philosophy’s Perception and Search for Greatness......Page 790 The Struggle Between Ideals: Nietzsche, Schmitt and Lefort on the Politics of the Future......Page 824 Contributors ......Page 840 Complete Bibliography ......Page 844 Name Index ......Page 874 Subject Index ......Page 880

Nietzsche’s legacy for political thought is a highly contested area of research today. With papers representing a broad range of positions, this collection takes stock of the central controversies (Nietzsche as political / anti-political thinker? Nietzsche and / contra democracy? Arendt and / contra Nietzsche?), as well as new research on key concepts (power, the agon, aristocracy, friendship i.a.), on historical, contemporary and futural aspects of Nietzsche’s political thought. International contributors include well-known names (Conway, Ansell-Pearson, Hatab, Taureck, Patton, Connolly,Villa, van Tongeren) and young emerging scholars from various disciplines.

"Nietzsche's legacy for political thought is a highly contested area of research today. With papers representing a broad range of positions, this collection takes stock of the central controversies (Nietzsche as political / anti-political thinker? Nietzsche and / contra democracy? Arendt and / contra Nietzsche?), as well as new research on key concepts (power, the agon, aristocracy, friendship i.a.), on historical, contemporary and futural aspects of Nietzsche's political thought. International contributors include well-known names (Conway, Ansell-Pearson, Hatab, Taureck, Patton, Connolly, Villa, van Tongeren) and young emerging scholars from various disciplines."--Page 4 of cover. Nietzsche ́s legacy for political thought is a highly contested area of research today. With papers representing a broad range of positions, this collection takes stock of the central controversies (Nietzsche as political / anti-political thinker? Nietzsche and / contra democracy? Arendt and / contra Nietzsche?), as well as new research on key concepts (power, the agon, aristocracy, friendship i.a.), on historical, contemporary and futural aspects of Nietzsche ́s political thought. International contributors include well-known names (Conway, Ansell-Pearson, Hatab, Taureck, Patton, Connolly, Villa, van Tongeren) and young emerging scholars from various disciplines. Review text: "Das selbstgesetzte Ziel des Bandes, einen neuen Ausgangspunkt für die Beschäftigung mit Nietzsche im 21. Jahrhundert zu bieten, wird er schon angesichts seines schieren Umfangs, aber mehr noch aufgrund seiner anregenden Vielfalt erfüllen."In: Zeitschrift für Politkwissenschaft 16.07.2009