Infinite Autonomy: The Divided Individual in the Political Thought of G. W. F. Hegel and Friedrich Nietzsche

G. W. F. Hegel and Friedrich Nietzsche are often considered the philosophical antipodes of the nineteenth century. In Infinite Autonomy, Jeffrey Church draws on the thinking of both Hegel and Nietzsche to assess the modern Western defense of individuality-to consider whether we were right to reject...

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Main Author: Church, Jeffrey (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: University Park, PA Penn State University Press [2021]
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1515/9780271061627
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780271061627
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780271061627
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780271061627
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780271061627
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780271061627
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780271061627
Summary:G. W. F. Hegel and Friedrich Nietzsche are often considered the philosophical antipodes of the nineteenth century. In Infinite Autonomy, Jeffrey Church draws on the thinking of both Hegel and Nietzsche to assess the modern Western defense of individuality-to consider whether we were right to reject the ancient model of community above the individual. The theoretical and practical implications of this project are important, because the proper defense of the individual allows for the survival of modern liberal institutions in the face of non-Western critics who value communal goals at the expense of individual rights. By drawing from Hegelian and Nietzschean ideas of autonomy, Church finds a third way for the individual-what he calls the "historical individual," which goes beyond the disagreements of the ancients and the moderns while nonetheless incorporating their distinctive contributions
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Aug 2021)
Physical Description:1 online resource (296 pages)
ISBN:9780271061627
DOI:10.1515/9780271061627