Rousseau and Nietzsche: Toward an Aesthetic Morality

Author:   Katrin Froese
Publisher:   Lexington Books
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9780739102992


Pages:   216
Publication Date:   29 January 2002
Format:   Hardback
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Rousseau and Nietzsche: Toward an Aesthetic Morality


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This is a depiction of the problems and potential of modernity through the words of two of its most poignant voices. It focuses upon the modern self's desire to individuate whilst facing the ethical responsibility to integrate with the world. Katrin Froese juxtaposes Nietzsche's drive for extraordinary individualism with Rousseau's call for the dependable citizen. She finds that where Nietzsche's aesthetism embraces the limitless and irreconcilable longings of a divided being, Rousseau's approach emphasizes the impositions of limits to ensure harmony and contentment prevail. However, she does not belabour their differences on the question of modernity but discusses the similarity at the heart of Rousseau's notion of morality and Nietzsche's aestheticism; the moral vision that underlies Nietzsche's notion of art and the aesthetic understanding prevalent in Rousseau's moral system.

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Author:   Katrin Froese
Publisher:   Lexington Books
Imprint:   Lexington Books
Dimensions:   Width: 15.70cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.70cm
Weight:   0.399kg
ISBN:  

9780739102992


ISBN 10:   0739102990
Pages:   216
Publication Date:   29 January 2002
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Rousseau's Moral Anthropology Chapter 3 Homeless Citizens: The Critique of Bourgeois Society Chapter 4 An Anti-Utopian Utopia: Rousseau's Social Contract Chapter 5 Emile: The Cultivation of Nature Chapter 6 Art and Tragedy in Nietzsche Chapter 7 The Will to Power and Agency Chapter 8 The Philosophy of Limits: Nietzsche's Zarathustra Chapter 9 Bodies and Eternity: Nietzsche and the Power of Woman Chapter 10 Conclusion: The Artistry of Morality and the Morality of Art

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Froese's interpretations of Rousseau and Nietzsche provide depth and subtlety to their respective accounts of self-making. -- Mark E. Warren, Georgetown University Katrin Froese provides a genuinely instructive and imaginitive study of the rapport between Rousseau and Nietzsche. Students and scholars in political theory, the history of ideas, and philosophy will learn a great deal from this book, which is both lucidly written and deftly argued. -- Keith Ansell-Pearson, University of Warwick Froese has brought together the thinker that may be said to initiate modernity and the one that may be said to announce its end. Without covering over their differences, she shows how strikingly similar they are. In an age when the public realm is no longer or but slightly available, Nietzsche and Rousseau may very well be, as Froese shows, our best guides. -- Tracy B. Strong, University of California, San Diego ... [A] stimulating and valuable discussion. Canadian Journal of Political Science ... interesting and useful as an introduction to the two great thinkers-and an easy read at that. Political Studies Review Froese has written a lucid account of the projects of Rousseau and Nietzsche... Her book will help to clear up many confusions associated with these two names. -- Kathleen Higgins, University of Texas at Austin


Froese's interpretations of Rousseau and Nietzsche provide depth and subtlety to their respective accounts of self-making. -- Mark E. Warren Katrin Froese provides a genuinely instructive and imaginitive study of the rapport between Rousseau and Nietzsche. Students and scholars in political theory, the history of ideas, and philosophy will learn a great deal from this book, which is both lucidly written and deftly argued. -- Keith Ansell-Pearson Froese has brought together the thinker that may be said to initiate modernity and the one that may be said to announce its end. Without covering over their differences, she shows how strikingly similar they are. In an age when the public realm is no longer or but slightly available, Nietzsche and Rousseau may very well be, as Froese shows, our best guides. -- Strong, Tracy B. ... [A] stimulating and valuable discussion. Canadian Journal Of Political Science ... interesting and useful as an introduction to the two great thinkers--and an easy read at that. Political Studies Review Froese has written a lucid account of the projects of Rousseau and Nietzsche... Her book will help to clear up many confusions associated with these two names. -- Kathleen Higgins


Froese's interpretations of Rousseau and Nietzsche provide depth and subtlety to their respective accounts of self-making. -- Mark E. Warren, Georgetown University Katrin Froese provides a genuinely instructive and imaginitive study of the rapport between Rousseau and Nietzsche. Students and scholars in political theory, the history of ideas, and philosophy will learn a great deal from this book, which is both lucidly written and deftly argued. -- Keith Ansell-Pearson, University of Warwick Froese has brought together the thinker that may be said to initiate modernity and the one that may be said to announce its end. Without covering over their differences, she shows how strikingly similar they are. In an age when the public realm is no longer or but slightly available, Nietzsche and Rousseau may very well be, as Froese shows, our best guides. -- Tracy B. Strong, University of California, San Diego ... [A] stimulating and valuable discussion. Canadian Journal Of Political Science ... interesting and useful as an introduction to the two great thinkers-and an easy read at that. Political Studies Review Froese has written a lucid account of the projects of Rousseau and Nietzsche... Her book will help to clear up many confusions associated with these two names. -- Kathleen Higgins, University of Texas at Austin


Froese's interpretations of Rousseau and Nietzsche provide depth and subtlety to their respective accounts of self-making.--Mark E. Warren


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Katrin Froese is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Calgary.

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