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Nietzsche´s Animal Philosophy: Culture, Politics, and the Animality of the Human Being
Vanessa Lemm
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Paperback. Explores the significance of human animality in the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche and covers the animal theme in Nietzsche's corpus as a whole. This book argues that the animal is neither a random theme nor a metaphorical device in Nietzsche's thought. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
This book explores the significance of human animality in the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche and provides the first systematic treatment of the animal theme in Nietzsche's corpus as a whole Lemm argues that the animal is neither a random theme nor a metaphorical device in Nietzsche's thought. Instead, it stands at the center of his renewal of the practice and meaning of philosophy itself. Lemm provides an original contribution to on-going debates on the essence of humanism and its future. At the center of this new interpretation stands Nietzsche's thesis that animal life and ... Read more
This book explores the significance of human animality in the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche and provides the first systematic treatment of the animal theme in Nietzsche's corpus as a whole Lemm argues that the animal is neither a random theme nor a metaphorical device in Nietzsche's thought. Instead, it stands at the center of his renewal of the practice and meaning of philosophy itself. Lemm provides an original contribution to on-going debates on the essence of humanism and its future. At the center of this new interpretation stands Nietzsche's thesis that animal life and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Series
Perspectives in Continental Philosophy
Condition
New
Weight
360g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780823230280
SKU
V9780823230280
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About Vanessa Lemm
Vanessa Lemm is Professor of Philosophy at the School of Humanities and Languages at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. She is the author of Nietzsche's Animal Philosophy: Culture, Politics, and the Animality of the Human Being (New York: Fordham University Press, 2009), Nietzsche y el pensamiento politico contemporaneo (Santiago: Fondo de cultura economica, 2013) and several articles ... Read more
Reviews for Nietzsche´s Animal Philosophy: Culture, Politics, and the Animality of the Human Being
. . . Convincingly reveals the positive political core of Nietzsche's work and successfully moves it beyond his own epch, highlighting its relevance for the twenty-first century.
-Foucault Studies
Vanessa Lemm's Nietzsche's Animal Philosophy is an important contribution to the debate about the animality of human life. Deeply scholarly and rigorous, Lemm's book points to the centrality of ... Read more
-Foucault Studies
Vanessa Lemm's Nietzsche's Animal Philosophy is an important contribution to the debate about the animality of human life. Deeply scholarly and rigorous, Lemm's book points to the centrality of ... Read more