ISBN:
9783031429644
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource(X, 122 p.)
Edition:
1st ed. 2023.
Parallel Title:
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Parallel Title:
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Keywords:
Continental Philosophy.
;
Language and languages
;
Rhetoric.
;
Philosophy, Modern
Abstract:
1: Introduction -- 2: ‘On Truth and Lies in a Non-Moral Sense’ (1873): Gnats, Spiders, Bees and not so Clever Beasts -- 3: Daybreak (1881): Nietzsche’s Extensive Rhetorical Arsenal -- 4: Beyond Good and Evil (1886): The Rank Odour of Rank Order -- 5: Twilight of the Idols (1888): Magnanimity, Restraint and Tomfoolery.
Abstract:
This book excavates the rhetorical devices that Nietzsche habitually uses and explains how they constitute a distinctive form of philosophical argumentation. Through a sustained analysis of Nietzsche’s rhetorical style, stratagems, and didactic aims in two of his early works (‘On Truth and Lies in a Non-Moral Sense’ and Daybreak) and two of his later works (Beyond Good and Evil and Twilight of the Idols), the book assesses the extent to which Nietzsche's substantial rhetorical arsenal undermines the philosophical claims he is seeking to advance. The four case studies also bring to the fore some of the less palatable aspects of Nietzsche’s thought such as racial-stereotyping, the essentialising of a so-called slave mentality, and the ranking of human beings based on a highly idiosyncratic and prejudiced view of what qualifies as noble and ignoble.
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-031-42964-4
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