Nietzsche's Culture of Humanity by Church, Jeffrey - 2015

ISBN: 9781107120266
Cambridge University Press | 24 September 2015
Hardback | 296 pages 
Nietzsche scholars have long been divided over whether Nietzsche is an aristocratic or a democratic thinker. Nietzche's Culture of Humanity overcomes this debate by proving both sides wrong. Jeffrey Church argues that in his early period writings, Nietzsche envisioned a cultural meritocracy that drew on the classical German tradition of Kant and Herder. The young Nietzsche's 'culture of humanity' synthesized the high and low, the genius and the people, the nation and humanity. Nietzsche's early ideal of culture can shed light on his mature period thought, since, Church argues, Nietzsche does not abandon this fundamental commitment to a cultural meritocracy. Nietzche's Culture of Humanity argues that Nietzsche's novel defense of culture can overcome some persisting problems in contemporary liberal theories of culture. As such, this book should interest Nietzsche scholars, political theorists and philosophers… Read More

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Hardback. New. Nietzsche scholars have long been divided over whether Nietzsche is an aristocratic or democratic thinker. Nietzsche's Culture of Humanity overcomes this debate by proving both sides wrong. As such, this book should be of interest to Nietzsche scholars, political theorists and philosophers interested in modern thought.

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