Individual and Community in Nietzsche's Philosophy

Cambridge University Press, 8/21/2014
EAN 9781107049857, ISBN10: 1107049857

Hardcover, 262 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm
Language: English

According to Bertrand Russell, Nietzsche's only value is the flourishing of the exceptional individual. The well-being of ordinary people is, in itself, without value. Yet there are passages in Nietzsche that appear to regard the flourishing of the community as a whole alongside, perhaps even above, that of the exceptional individual. The ten essays that comprise this volume wrestle with the tension between individual and community in Nietzsche's writings. Some defend a reading close to Russell's. Others suggest that Nietzsche's highest value is the flourishing of the community as a whole and that exceptional individuals find their highest value only in promoting that flourishing. In viewing Nietzsche from the perspective of community, the essays also cast new light on other aspects of his philosophy, for instance, his ideal of scientific research and his philosophy of language.

1. Nietzsche
the long view Julian Young
2. 'The time is coming when one will have to relearn about politics' Hans Sluga
3. The culture of myth and the myth of culture Ken Gemes and Chris Sykes
4. Festivals of recognition
Nietzsche's idealized communities Kathleen Higgins
5. Nietzsche's scientific community
elective affinities Jessica Berry
6. The good of community Maudemarie Clark and Monique Wonderly
7. The self versus society
Nietzsche's advocacy of egoism Ivan Soll
8. Nietzsche and the collective individual Christine Swanton
9. 'We Hyperboreans'
toward a Nietzschean topography Jeff Malpas
10. Nietzsche, language, and community John Richardson.