Anti-NietzscheNietzsche, the philosopher seemingly opposed to everyone, has met with remarkably little opposition himself. He remains what he wanted to be- the limit-philosopher of a modernity that never ends. In this provocative, sometimes disturbing book, Bull argues that merely to reject Nietzsche is not to escape his lure. He seduces by appealing to our desire for victory, our creativity, our humanity. Only by 'reading like a loser' and failing to live up to his ideals can we move beyond Nietzsche to a still more radical revaluation of all values-a subhumanism that expands the boundaries of society until we are left with less than nothing in common. Anti-Nietzsche is a subtle and subversive engagement with Nietzsche and his twentieth-century interpreters-Heidegger, Vattimo, Nancy, and Agamben. Written with economy and clarity, it shows how a politics of failure might change what it means to be human. |
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According to Nietzsche active nihilism aesthetic Agamben anarchist animal animal’s argues argument atheism beast become Birth of Tragedy Buddhism Chandos Chandos’s Christianity compassion culture darkening devaluation Dialectic Dionysian Dionysus division of labour dominating Durkheim ecology of value egalitarianism equality eternal recurrence existence experience exploitation failure Genealogy of Morals Heidegger Heidegger’s herd herd morality hereafter history of nihilism Hofmannsthal Ibid implies individuals interpretation involves limit loser Marx means metaphysics morality Muselmann Nancy nature negation negative ecology Nietzsche claims Nietzsche’s nihilists Odysseus one’s passive nihilism passive revolution permanent revolution philistine philosopher pity political positive ecology possibility potentially question R. J. Hollingdale readers reading for victory Repugnant Conclusion Schopenhauer sense sick Silenus Sirens social society Socrates species strength strong subhuman suffering suggests Superman things trajectory translation modified transposedness undermine valuation value-positing Vattimo weak words world-poor world-poverty Zarathustra