Nietzsche's On the Genealogy of Morals

In this astonishingly rich volume, experts in ethics, epistemology, philosophy of mind, political theory, aesthetics, history, critical theory, and hermeneutics bring to light the best philosophical scholarship on what is arguably Nietzsche's most rewarding but more challenging texts. Including essays that were commissioned specifically for the volume as well as essays revised and edited by their authors, this collection showcases definitive works that have shaped Nietzsche studies alongside new works of interest to students and experts alike. A lengthy introduction, annotated bibliography, and index make this an extremely useful guide for the classroom and advanced research.

Acknowledgments

vii

Abbreviations, Citations, and Translations of Nietzsche's Works

xi

Introduction

In the Beginning: Reading Nietzsche's On the Genealogy of Morals from the Start

1

(108)

Christa Davis Acampora

Part I. On Genealogy

1 A "Dionysian Drama on the 'Fate of the Soul' An Introduction to Reading On the Genealogy of Morality

19

(20)

Keith Ansell Pearson

2 Nietzsche, Re-evaluation, and the Turn to Genealogy

39

(18)

David Owen

3 The Genealogy of Genealogy: Interpretation in Nietzsche's Second Untimely Meditation and in On the Genealogy of Morals

57

(10)

Alexander Nehamas

4 Nietzsche's Style of Affirmation: The Metaphors of Genealogy

67

(10)

Eric Blondel

5 Nietzsche and the Re-evaluation of Values

77

(16)

Aaron Ridley

6 Genealogy, the Will to Power, and the Problem of a Past

93

(16)

Tracy B. Strong

Part II. Reading Nietzsche's Genealogy—Focused Analyses of Parts and Passages

7 Slave Morality, Socrates, and the Bushmen: A Critical Introduction to On the Genealogy of Morality, Essay I

109

(22)

Mark Migotti

8 Lightning and Flash, Agent and Deed (GM I:6-17)

131

(16)

Robert B. Pippin

9 On Sovereignty and Overhumanity: Why It Matters How We Read Nietzsche's Genealogy 11:2

147

(16)

Chrism Davis Acampora

10 Finding the Ubermensch in Nietzsche's Genealogy of Morality

163

(14)

Paul S. Loeb

11 The Genealogy of Morals and Right Reading: On the Nietzschean Aphorism and the Art of the Polemic

177

(14)

Babette E. Babich

12 "We Remain of Necessity Strangers to Ourselves": The Key Message of Nietzsche's Genealogy

191

(18)

Ken Genres

13 Nihilism as Will to Nothingness

209

(14)

Wolfgang Müller-Lauter

Part III. Critiquing Genealogy

14 The Entwinement of Myth and Enlightenment

223

(10)

Jürgen Haberman

15 Translating, Repeating, Naming: Foucault, Derrida, and the Genealogy of Morals

233

(12)

Gary Shapiro

16 Nietzsche, Deleuze, and the Genealogical Critique of Psychoanalysis: Between Church and State

245

(14)

Alan D. Schrift

Part IV. On Politics and Community

17 Nietzsche's Genealogy: Of Beauty and Community

259

(18)

Salim Kemal

18 Nietzsche and the Jews: The Structure of an Ambivalence

277

(14)

Yirmiyahu Yovel

19 Nietzschean Virtue Ethics

291

(14)

Christine Swanton

20 How We Became What We Are: Tracking the "Beasts of Prey"

305

(16)

Daniel W. Conway

Bibliography

321

(6)

Index

327

(8)

About the Contributors

335

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