Affectivity and Philosophy After Spinoza and Nietzsche

Making Knowledge the Most Powerful Affect
2015. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-137-48605-9
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 251 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 4336 g

Pethick investigates a much neglected philosophical connection between two of the most controversial figures in the history of philosophy: Spinoza and Nietzsche. By examining the crucial role that affectivity plays in their philosophies, this book claims that the two philosophers share the common goal of making knowledge the most powerful affect.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pethick, Stuart

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: Neuzeit
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: 19. Jahrhundert
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Erkenntnistheorie

Über Autor(innen)

Stuart Pethick is an independent writer and researcher within early modern and modern European philosophy with a special interest in the relationship between affectivity, ideas and language.