A landmark work of western philosophy, "e;On the Genealogy of Morality"e; is a dazzling and brilliantly incisive attack on European "e;morality"e;. Combining philosophical acuity with psychological insight in prose of remarkable rhetorical power, Nietzsche takes up the task of offering us reasons to engage in a re-evaluation of our values. In this book, David Owen offers a reflective and insightful analysis of Nietzsche's text. He provides an account of how Nietzsche comes to the project of the re-evaluation of values; he shows how the development of Nietzsche's understanding of the requirements of this project lead him to acknowledge the need for the kind of investigation of "e;morality"e; that he terms "e;genealogy"e;; he elucidates the general structure and substantive arguments of Nietzsche's text, accounting for the rhetorical form of these arguments, and he debates the character of genealogy (as exemplified by Nietzsche's "e;Genealogy"e;) as a form of critical enquiry. Owen argues that there is a specific development of Nietzsche's work from his earlier "e;Daybreak"e; (1881) and that in "e;Genealogy of Morality"e;, Nietzsche is developing a critique of modes of agency and that this constitutes the most fundamental aspect of his demand for a revaluation of values. The book is a distinctive and significant contribution to our understanding of Nietzsche's great text.
| ISBN: | 9781317493228 |
| Publication date: | 5th December 2014 |
| Author: | Owen, David |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Format: | Ebook (PDF) |