Nietzsche on Instinct and Language

1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-3-11-048176-1
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, Band (1), 295 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 477 g

Reihe: Nietzsche Today

This volume consists of the revised and expanded versions of the papers presented at the International Conference “Nietzsche On Instinct and Language”, held at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Portugal) in December 2009. The list of contributors includes top Nietzsche scholars, like Werner Stegmaier, Patrick Wotling, and Scarlett Marton.
The volume as a whole represents a fresh look at Nietzsche’s attempt to connect language to the instinctive activity of the human body. Four of the papers focus on Nietzsche’s early notes and writings, including and ; the other seven deal with his mature views on this important subject, especially in , , and the . In focusing on how Nietzsche tries to dissolve the traditional opposition between instinct and language, as well as between instinct and consciousness and instinct and reason, the different papers consider, from this viewpoint, such Nietzschean themes as morality, value, the concept of philosophy, dogmatism, naturalization, metaphor, affectivity and emotion, health and sickness, tragedy, and laughter.

Zielgruppe

Academics, Institutes, Libraries

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mayer Branco, Maria João

Constâncio, João

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: 19. Jahrhundert
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften Sprachphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Deutsche Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sprachphilosophie

Über Autor(innen)

João Constâncio and Maria João Mayer Branco, New University of Lisbon, Portugal.