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- Bloomsbury Studies in Continental Philosophy
书名: Nietzsche and Friendship (Bloomsbury Studies in Continental Philosophy)
作者: Willow Verkerk (Author)
出版社: Bloomsbury Academic (February 21, 2019)
语言: English
ISBN-10: 1350047341
ISBN-13: 978-1350047341
Book Description
In Nietzsche and Friendship, Willow Verkerk provides a new and provocative account of Nietzsche's philosophy which identifies him as an agonistic thinker concerned with the topics of love and friendship. She argues that Nietzsche's challenges to the received principles of friendship from Aristotle to Kant offer resources for reinvigorating our thinking about friendship today. Through an examination of his free spirit texts, Human, All Too Human, Daybreak and The Gay Science together with Thus Spoke Zarathustra and Beyond Good and Evil, Verkerk unlocks key aspects of Nietzsche's thinking on friendship, love, 'woman', the self, self-overcoming, virtue, and character. She questions Nietzsche's misogyny, but also considers the emancipatory potential of his writing by brining him into dialogue with postmodern, feminist, and transgender thinkers. This book revives interest in the ethical, therapeutic, and political dimensions of Nietzsche's philosophy.
Review
“Nietzsche valued friendship, and this pioneering study shows how Nietzsche's own discussion of friendship is absolutely crucial for understanding his philosophy. Through a very careful and perceptive reading of Nietzsche's texts, Verkerk argues that Nietzsche's ideas about friendship are empowering – and in this way she makes a strong case for the relevance of Nietzsche's thought in contemporary debates concerning friendship, gender relations, and love.” ―Richard White, Professor of Philosophy, Creighton University, USA
About the Author
Willow Verkerk is a Lecturer in Philosophy at Kingston University London, UK and member of the Centre for Research in Modern European Philosophy (CRMEP).
