Nietzsche's Moral Psychology

Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-1-107-42434-0
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 315 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 460 g

Nietzsche, a trained philologist, frequently urges his readers to interpret him carefully. In this book, Mark Alfano combines detailed close reading with digital methods (corpus analysis and semantic network visualization) to reframe our understanding of this major figure. He argues that virtue is a neglected concept in Nietzsche's writings, and sets out a fresh interpretation of Nietzschean virtues as well-calibrated drives. As different people embody different constellations of drives, so virtues differ from person to person. For Nietzsche himself, Alfano argues, five virtues are essential: curiosity, courage, a sense of humor, and pathos of distance (that is, contemptuousness) toward one's self and toward one's society. This innovative and original book will be invaluable for historians of philosophy, contemporary researchers in moral psychology and virtue theory, and philosophers interested in the fast-growing methodologies of the digital humanities.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Alfano, Mark

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I. Introduction: 1. Précis; 2. Methodology: introducing digital humanities to the history of philosophy; Part II. Nietzsche's Socio-moral Framework: 3. From instincts and drives to types; 4. From types to virtues; 5. Socializing Nietzschean virtues; Part III. Nietzschean Virtues: 6. Curiosity; 7. Courage; 8. Pathos of distance; 9. Sense of humor; 10. Solitude; Part IV. Conclusion: 11. Conscience and integrity; 12. Prospectus; References; Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Alfano, Mark
Mark Alfano is Associate Professor of Ethics and Philosophy of Technology at Delft University of Technology. He is the author of Character as Moral Fiction (Cambridge, 2013) and Moral Psychology: An Introduction (2016).