Nietzsche and the Politics of Difference

The question of Nietzsche's use of political theory has a long and vexed history. The contributors of this book re-situate debates around the notion of difference, in relation to historical and scholarly concerns, but with a view to the current political context. Given that today we are faced with a host of political challenges of domination and resistance, the question raised in this volume is how Nietzsche helps us to think through and to address some of the problems. The authors also discuss how his writings complicate our desire for swift solutions to seemingly intractable problems: how to resist slavishness in thought and action, how to maintain hard-won civil liberties and rights in the face of encroaching hegemonic discourses, practices and forces, or how to counteract global environmental degradation, in short, how to oppose 'totalitarian' movements of homogenization, universalization, equalization, and instead to affirm, both politically and ontologically, a culture of difference.

Autorentext

Andrea Rehberg, Newcastle University, United Kingdom; Ashley Woodward, University of Dundee, United Kingdom.

Klappentext

The question of Nietzsche s use of political theory has a long and vexed history. The contributors re-situate debates around the notion of difference with a view to current political developments. They discuss a variety of perspectives, such as how Nietzsche helps us to think through and to maintain hard-won civil liberties and rights in the face of hegemonic discourses, practices and forces, or how to counteract global environmental degradation.