| Nietzsche Contra Rousseau: A Study of Nietzsche's Moral and Political Thought Contributor(s): Ansell-Pearson, Keith (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521575699 ISBN-13: 9780521575690 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $45.59 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1996 Annotation: This book is an attempt to examine and explore the nature of Fredrich Nietzsche's (1844-1900) critique of Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-78.) |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Political - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Modern |
| Dewey: 320.01 |
| LCCN: 91000149 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.68" W x 8.44" (1.01 lbs) 304 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Keith Ansell-Pearson's book is an important and very welcome contribution to a neglected area of research: Nietzsche's political thought. Nietzsche is widely regarded as a significant moral philosopher, but his political thinking has often been dismissed as either impossibly individualistic or dangerously totalitarian. Nietzsche contra Rousseau takes a serious look at Nietzsche as political thinker and relates his political ideas to the dominant traditions of modern political thought. In particular, the nature of Nietzsche's dialogue with the philosophy of Jean-Jacques Rousseau is examined, in order to demonstrate Rousseau's crucial role in Nietzsche's understanding of modernity and its discontents. |