Nietzsche's engagements with Kant and the Kantian legacy. Volumes 1-3

Cover Titles Volume 1 Cover Half Title Series Title Copyright Contents Notes on Contributors Editors: Contributors: Acknowledgements Abbreviations and References for Nietzsche and Kant Abbreviations for Nietzsche's Writings Abbreviations or 'Siglen' for Nietzsche's Writings in German Abbreviations for Nietzsche's Writings in English Abbreviations of Kant's Writings with Indicationof the Corresponding AA Volume References Nietzsche's writings Kant's writings Translations of Nietzsche's and Kant's Writings Nietzsche Kant Introduction. 1. The young Nietzsche's acquaintance with Kant and Kantianism2. Nietzsche's criticisms of Kant 3. Outline of the volume Notes References 1 Nietzsche, Transcendental Argument and the Subject 1. Introduction 2. Transcendental argument in Kant 3. Nietzsche against transcendental argument 4. Necessary perspectives Notes References 2 From Pure Reason to Historical Knowledge: Nietzsche's (Virtual) Objections to Kant's First Critique 1. Introduction 2. Reason is a natural and historical product 3. Reason is one and the same thing as language. 4. The formation of concepts of empirical objects5. Concluding remarks Notes References 3 The Thought of Becoming and the Place of Philosophy: Some Aspects of Nietzsche's Reception and Criticism of Transcendental I 1. Introduction 2. Spir's concept of identity and Nietzsche's tropological model of cognition 3. Nietzsche's Parmenides in the light of Spir's ontology 4. Nietzsche, Spir and the reality of time 5. The origin of representation from the becoming 6. The temporality of representation and the intentionality of drives Notes References. 4 The Consequences of Kant's First Critique: Nietzsche on Truth and the Thing in Itself 1. Introduction 2. Nietzsche on Kant's first Critique: from The Birth of Tragedy to Human, All Too Human 3. Nietzsche on Kant's first Critique: from The Gay Science onwards 4. The thing in itself and the problem of truth 5. Conclusion Notes References 5 Nietzsche and the Thing in Itself 1. Introduction 2. Kant and the thing in itself 3. Nietzsche's criticisms of the thing in itself Notes References 6 Nietzsche on Kant's Distinction between Knowledge (Wissen) and Belief (Glaube). 1. Introduction2. Kant's realm of belief 3. Lange's reshaping of Kant's normative realm 4. Nietzsche's early reaction 5. Nietzsche's late reaction 6. Conclusions Notes References 7 On Teleological Judgement: A Debate between Kant and Nietzsche 1. Teleology vs. contingency 2. Purposiveness and self-design 3. On the meaning of human existence Notes References 8 'Resolute Reversals': Kant's and Nietzsche's Orienting Decisions Concerning the Distinction between Reason and Nature. Cover 1 About the pagination of this eBook 2 Titles 3 Volume 1 4 Half Title 4 Series 5 Title 6 Copyright 7 Contents 8 Notes on Contributors 10 Editors: 10 Contributors: 10 Acknowledgements 14 Abbreviations and References for Nietzsche and Kant 15 Abbreviations for Nietzsche’s Writings 15 Abbreviations or ‘Siglen’ for Nietzsche’s Writings in German 16 Abbreviations for Nietzsche’s Writings in English 16 Abbreviations of Kant’s Writings with Indicationof the Corresponding AA Volume 17 References 18 Nietzsche’s writings 18 Kant’s writings 19 Translations of Nietzsche’s and Kant’s Writings 21 Nietzsche 21 Kant 22 Introduction 24 1. The young Nietzsche’s acquaintance with Kant and Kantianism 25 2. Nietzsche’s criticisms of Kant 32 3. Outline of the volume 36 Notes 41 References 46 1 Nietzsche, Transcendental Argument and the Subject 50 1. Introduction 50 2. Transcendental argument in Kant 51 3. Nietzsche against transcendental argument 54 4. Necessary perspectives 58 Notes 65 References 66 2 From Pure Reason to Historical Knowledge: Nietzsche’s (Virtual) Objections to Kant’s First Critique 68 1. Introduction 68 2. Reason is a natural and historical product 69 3. Reason is one and the same thing as language 75 4. The formation of concepts of empirical objects 78 5. Concluding remarks 84 Notes 85 References 91 3 The Thought of Becoming and the Place of Philosophy: Some Aspects of Nietzsche’s Reception and Criticism of Transcendental I 94 1. Introduction 94 2. Spir’s concept of identity and Nietzsche’s tropological model of cognition 99 3. Nietzsche’s Parmenides in the light of Spir’s ontology 106 4. Nietzsche, Spir and the reality of time 107 5. The origin of representation from the becoming 114 6. The temporality of representation and the intentionality of drives 116 Notes 120 References 124 4 The Consequences of Kant’s First Critique: Nietzsche on Truth and the Thing in Itself 126 1. Introduction 126 2. Nietzsche on Kant’s first Critique: from The Birth of Tragedy to Human, All Too Human 133 3. Nietzsche on Kant’s first Critique: from The Gay Science onwards 139 4. The thing in itself and the problem of truth 147 5. Conclusion 154 Notes 155 References 158 5 Nietzsche and the Thing in Itself 162 1. Introduction 162 2. Kant and the thing in itself 163 3. Nietzsche’s criticisms of the thing in itself 164 Notes 171 References 174 6 Nietzsche on Kant’s Distinction between Knowledge (Wissen) and Belief (Glaube) 176 1. Introduction 176 2. Kant’s realm of belief 177 3. Lange’s reshaping of Kant’s normative realm 179 4. Nietzsche’s early reaction 181 5. Nietzsche’s late reaction 183 6. Conclusions 187 Notes 187 References 189 7 On Teleological Judgement: A Debate between Kant and Nietzsche 190 1. Teleology vs. contingency 191 2. Purposiveness and self-design 193 3. On the meaning of human existence 195 Notes 200 References 201 8 ‘Resolute Reversals’: Kant’s and Nietzsche’s Orienting Decisions Concerning the Distinction between Reason and Nature 204 1. Nietzsche’s esteem of Kant for his ‘resolute’ critical ‘reversal’ of the distinction between reason and nature 204 2. Kant’s orienting technique for making distinctions in the Preface to the second edition of the Critique of Pure Reason 206 3. Kant’s persistent uncritical presuppositions 209 4. Nietzsche’s ‘revolution of the way of thinking’ regarding the distinction between reason and nature: Pluralization and funct 212 5. Kant’s far-reaching critical premises: Pluralization and functionalization of reason for orientation II 222 Notes 225 References 226 9 The Kantian Roots of Nietzsche’s Will to Power 228 1. Introduction 228 2. Nietzsche’s appraisal of Kant 229 3. The will to power: An alternative to Kant’s synthesis 238 4. Objections and replies 243 Notes 249 References 254 10 ‘Kant: or cant as intelligible character’: Meaning and Function of the Type ‘Kant’ and his Philosophy in Twilight of the Id 256 1. Text and intertext 256 2. Philosophy as ‘symptomatology’: ‘Kant’ in Twilight of the Idols 258 3. ‘Reason’ in philosophy 265 Notes 271 References 275 11 Nietzsche, Kant and Self-Observation: Dealing with the Risk of ‘Landing in Anticyra’ 278 1. Kant on self-observation 278 2. Nietzsche on self-observation 280 2.1 Getting closer to Anticyra 286 3. Landing in Anticyra: A lucky shipwreck? 287 Notes 292 References 295 Complete Bibliography 298 Name Index 312 Subject Index 316 Volume 2 324 Half Title 324 Series 325 Title 326 Copyright 327 Contents 328 Notes on Contributors 330 Editors 330 Contributors 330 Acknowledgements 334 Abbreviations and References for Nietzsche and Kant 335 Abbreviations of Nietzsche’s Writings 335 Abbreviations of Nietzsche’s Writings in German 335 Abbreviations of Nietzsche’s Writings in English 336 Abbreviations of Kant’s Writings 337 Abbreviations of Kant’s Writings with Indicationof the Corresponding AA Volume 337 References 338 Nietzsche’s writings 338 Kant’s writings 339 Translations of Nietzsche’s and Kant’s Writings 340 Nietzsche 340 Kant 341 Introduction 344 Contributions 351 Notes 357 References 358 1 The Problem of Normative Authority in Kant, Hegel and Nietzsche 362 1. Kant on the problem of normative authority 363 2. Hegel on the problem of normative authority 365 2.1 Hegel’s objection to Kant 365 2.2 Hegel’s alternative to the Kantian strategy 367 3. The relationship between the Nietzschean, Kantian and Hegelian theories of normative authority 369 3.1 Nietzsche agrees that freedom places determinate constraints on what can be willed 369 3.2 How Hegelian could Nietzsche’s theory be? 373 3.3 A theory that is both Kantian and Hegelian? 375 4. Nietzsche’s solution to the problem of normative authority 376 4.1 What is will to power? 377 4.2 Will to power as a claim about the essential nature of willing 379 4.3 Why does freedom require revaluation in terms of power? 381 4.4 The structure of Nietzsche’s theory 383 5. Conclusion 385 Notes 386 References 391 2 Normativity and Moral Psychology: Nietzsche’s Critique of Kantian Universality 394 1. Scene setting 395 2. Kant’s derivation 398 3. Nietzsche’s basic challenge 399 3.1 Nietzsche and normativity? 400 3.2 Nietzschean self-.legislation 402 3.3 Two objections 408 4. Nietzsche versus Kant on moral psychology 411 5. Concluding remarks 419 Notes 421 References 430 3 Kant, Nietzsche and the Discursive Availability of Action 434 1. Kant and the discursive availability of action 435 2. Nietzsche and the discursive availability of action 439 3. Differences between Kant and Nietzsche 446 4. Conclusion 449 Notes 450 References 451 4 Kant’s ‘Respect for the Law’ as the ‘Feeling of Power’: On (the Illusion of) Sovereignty 452 1. Kant on the motives of pure practical reason (KpV chapter III) 453 Interlude: An attenuated version of Kant’s account of Achtung 459 2. Nietzsche on remembering and forgetting 460 3. Nietzsche’s physiology of freedom 465 4. Conclusion 471 Notes 473 References 478 5 Freedom as Independence: Kant and Nietzsche on Non-Domination, Self-Love and the Rivalrous Emotions 480 1. Kant on freedom, self-love and maturity 480 2. Nietzsche on freedom and ethical pathologies 488 3. Nietzsche’s criticism of Kant 493 4. Conclusion 496 Notes 497 References 500 6 Autonomy, Spiritual Illness and Theodicy in Kant and Nietzsche 502 1. Conceptions of justice and autonomy 504 2. Genealogy and theodicy 509 3. Spiritual illness and the bad conscience 513 4. The redemptive potential of spiritual illness 523 5. Coda: Justifying nature 528 Notes 530 References 534 7 Phantom Duty? Nietzsche versus Königsbergian Chinadom 536 1. The origin of duty? 537 2. Nietzschean duties 544 Notes 551 References 558 8 Spontaneity and Sovereignty: Nietzsche’s Concepts and Kant’s Philosophy 562 1. Early neo-.Kantianism and the inadequacy of Kant’s psychology 563 2. Nietzsche’s uses of ‘spontaneity’ 566 3. Spontaneity in the Nachlass of Daybreak 569 4. Nietzsche, Goethe and Schopenhauer on Kant’s ‘radical evil’ 572 5. Nietzsche’s anti-Kantian ‘categorical imperative’ and the autonomy of the sovereign individual 578 Notes 587 References 596 9 Contra Kant: Experimental Ethics in Guyau and Nietzsche 600 1. Introduction 600 2. 600 3. 608 4. 614 5. 623 Notes 627 References 630 10 Question or Answer?: Kant, Nietzsche and the Practical Commitment of Philosophy 634 1. From answer to question (BGE 11, KSA 5.24–6) 635 2. A philosophy summarized in questions (GS 343–6, KSA 5.573–81) 637 3. Friendship and nihilism 640 3.1 Nihilism 641 3.2 Friendship and philosophy 642 3.3 Kant on friendship 644 3.4 Nietzsche’s inverted idealism 646 4. The practical commitment of Nietzsche’s philosophy 648 Notes 650 References 653 Complete Bibliography 656 Index 668 Volume 3 676 Half Title 676 Series 677 Title 678 Copyright 679 Contents 680 Notes on Contributors 682 Editors 682 Contributors 682 Abbreviations and References for Nietzsche and Kant 685 Abbreviations for Nietzsche’s Writings 685 Abbreviations or ‘Siglen’ for Nietzsche’s Writings in German 686 Abbreviations for Nietzsche’s Writings in English 686 Abbreviations of Kant’s Writings with Indicationof the Corresponding AA Volume 688 References 689 Nietzsche’s writings 689 Kant’s writings 690 Translations of Nietzsche’s and Kant’s Writings 691 Introduction 694 Contributions 698 References 704 Part I On the Third Critique 706 1 Nietzsche Contra Kant on Genius, Originality and Agonal Succession 708 1. Introduction 708 2. Schopenhauer as Kantian genius 711 3. The problem of originality and precedent in Kant’s account of genius 713 3.1 KU §32 715 3.2 KU §47 717 Intermezzo: Nietzsche’s programme of aesthetic perfectionism 720 4. Nietzsche’s engagement with Wagner: Daemonic transmissibility or agonal Betrachten 724 5. Agonal jealousy: Originality and mimesis 726 Conclusion 729 Notes 731 References 734 2 Art beyond Truth and Lie in a Moral Sense 736 1. Art and the question of truth 736 2. Kant: Aesthetic clarification of the ideal 740 3. Nietzsche: ‘Consciously remaining in untruth’ (bewusst in der Unwahrheit bleiben) 746 Notes 752 References 754 3 ‘Who is Right, Kant or Stendhal?’: On Nietzsche’s Kantian Critique of Kant’s Aesthetics 756 1. Introduction 756 2. The ‘promise of happiness’ versus ‘disinterestedness’ 757 3. Rausch and idealizing 761 4. Rausch, instinct and judgement 765 5. Rausch, ‘power’ and the ‘vanity of the species’ 767 6. Kantian versus Schopenhauerian disinterestedness 770 7. Spiritualization 775 8. Life and expansion of perspective in Nietzsche and Kant 781 Notes 786 References 789 4 Beyond the Beautiful and the Sublime?: Nietzsche, Aesthetics and the Question about the Subject 792 1. Introduction 792 2. The Kantian ‘beautiful’ and ‘sublime’: A critique of modern metaphysics 794 3. Nietzsche’s reassessment of the ‘beautiful’ and the ‘sublime’ 798 Notes 803 References 804 5 From Kant’s Critique of Judgement to The Birth of Tragedy: The Meaning of the ‘Aesthetic’ in Nietzsche 806 1. Introduction 806 2. Nietzsche’s aesthetic conception of reality 807 3. Kant’s conceptual framework 810 4. The voice of nature 813 5. Return to the Apollinian-Dionysian dualism 815 6. The metaphysical experience of the aesthetic 818 Notes 822 References 825 6 Aesthetic Quantity, Aesthetic Acts and Willed Necessity in Nietzsche’s Engagement with Kant’s Critique of Judgement 826 1. Introduction 826 2. Moments of aesthetic judgement in Kant and Nietzsche 829 2.1 Quality – life and communicability 829 2.2 Quantity 833 2.3 Relation: Purposiveness without a purpose 836 2.4 Modality 842 3. Conclusion 846 Notes 846 References 847 7 Teleological Judgement and the End of History 850 1. Teleological judgement and historiographical judgement 852 2. Five arguments against teleology 853 3. An alternative to teleology 858 4. Reviving the argument against teleology in historical theory 860 Conclusion 866 Notes 866 References 870 8 Nietzsche and ‘the Great Chinese of Königsberg’ 872 Notes 885 References 887 Part II On the Anthropology 888 9 Reason and Laughter in Kant and Nietzsche 890 1. Introduction 890 2. Kant: Laughter as an affect 891 3. Pleasure in nonsense 895 4. Nietzsche: ‘To laugh from the whole truth’ 896 Conclusion 903 Notes 905 References 909 10 ‘jeder Geist hat seinen Klang’: Kant and Nietzsche on the Sense of Hearing 912 1. Introduction: Philosophy’s traditional disqualification of hearing 912 2. Kant’s revaluation of hearing in the Anthropology 913 3. The soundless dialogue between me and myself 923 4. Every spirit has its own sound 927 Notes 941 References 942 11 On the Role of Maxims: Nietzsche’s Critique of Kant’s Philosophical Anthropology 944 1. Introduction: Two anthropologies of character 944 2. Connecting Kant’s Anthropology to his critical project 947 3. Moral character in the Anthropology 949 4. Nietzsche’s genealogical anthropology 952 5. Character in the Genealogy of Morals 956 Notes 961 References 965 Complete Bibliography 966 Name Index 974 Subject Index 975 "Nietzsche has often been considered a thinker independent of the philosophy of his time and radically opposed to the concerns and concepts of modern and contemporary philosophy. But there is an increasing awareness of his sophisticated engagements with his contemporaries and of his philosophy's rich potential for debates with modern and contemporary thinkers. Nietzsche's Engagements with Kant and the Kantian Legacy explores a significant field for such engagements, Kant and Kantianism. Bringing together an international team of established Nietzsche-scholars who have done extensive work in Kant, contributors include both senior scholars and young, upcoming researchers from a broad range of countries and traditions. Working from the basis that Nietzsche is better understood as thinking 'with and against' Kant and the Kantian legacy, they examine Nietzsche's explicit and implicit treatments of Kant, Kantians, and Kantian concepts, as well as the philosophical issues that they raise for both Nietzschean and Kantian philosophy. Divided into three volumes, the focus is on specific areas and texts of Kant's philosophy: Nietzsche, Kant and the Problem of Metaphysics; Nietzsche and Kantian Ethics; Nietzsche and Kant on Aesthetics and Anthropology . Each volume draws extensively on the flourishing recent literature from both analytic and continental traditions in English, German and other languages. By responding to scholarly interest in the critical relations between Nietzsche and Kant, this series of volumes presents the first systematic study of the pairing of two major European thinkers from the modern period."--Publisher's description "Nietzsche, Kant and the Problem of Metaphysics explores how Nietzsche criticizes, adopts, and reformulates Kant's critique of metaphysics and his transcendental idealism. Thing in itself and phenomenon, space and time, intuition and thought, the I and self-consciousness, concepts and judgements, categories and schemata, teleological judgement: building on established and recent literature on these topics in both thinkers, this volume asks whether Nietzsche can malgré lui be considered a Kantian of sorts. Nietzsche's intensive engagement with early neo-Kantians (Lange, Liebmann, Fischer, von Helmholtz) and other contemporaries of his, largely ignored in the Anglophone literature, is also addressed, raising the question whether Nietzsche's positions on Kant's theoretical philosophy are best understood as historically embedded in the often rather loose relation they had to the First Critique. These and other questions are taken up in Nietzsche, Kant and the Problem of Metaphysics, which in different ways tackles the complexities of Nietzsche's relation to Kant's theoretical philosophy and its reception in nineteenth-century philosophy."--Bloomsbury Publishing.