Concepts of Power in Kierkegaard and Nietzsche

ISBN-13: 9781138261983 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 250 str.

J. Keith Hyde

Opis

J. Keith Hyde situates Kierkegaard in direct dialogue with Nietzsche on the topic of power and authority. Significant contextual similarities warrant such a comparison: both severely criticized state Lutheranism, championed the self and its imaginative ways of knowing against the philosophical blitzkrieg of Hegelianism, and endured the turbulent emergence of the nation-state. However, the primary justification remains the depth-defying prescience with which Kierkegaard not only fully anticipates but rigorously critiques Nietzsche's power position thirty years in advance.

Spis treści

Contents: Introduction: the problem with power; For the taking: Nietzsche's view of the universe; Appropriating power: Nietzsche's concept of power; To have and uphold: Kierkegaard's view of the universe; Abundant power: Kierkegaard's concept of power; Worlds apart: comparing perspectives; Power in principle: comparing the masters; Conclusions: expanding the dialogue; Bibliography; Index.

O autorze

J. Keith Hyde teaches at University College of the North, Thompson, Manitoba, Canada.