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Title

A genealogical analysis of Nietzschean drive theory / Brian Lightbody.

Author

Lightbody, Brian

Publication

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2023]

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Description

x, 240 pages; 22 cm

Summary

Nietzsches drive theory, as it is referred to in the secondary literature, is a rich, unique and fascinating articulation of the human condition. In broad brushstrokes, Nietzsche appears to contend that all human psychology is either directly reducible to animal drives (e.g. sex, aggression) or indirectly explicable to the historical transformations thereof (e.g. ressentiment). Moreover, Nietzsches initial elucidation of drive theory in On the Genealogy of Morals (and elsewhere) is well-complemented with a fecund, profound, and clear elucidation of the concept in the secondary literature. Yet, there remains a glaring lacuna for all the discussion of drive theory in the scholarship. The secondary literature is delinquent in explaining how animal drives became incorporated to form the human psyche. Nietzsches account to elucidate how drives became digested or in his words inpsychated is called the Internalization Hypothesis. However, as it appears in GM: II, 16, the hypothesis is grossly inchoate. The result of this undertheorization is manifold; its deleterious effects resonate along many axes of Nietzsches philosophy. The present book, Internalized Valuation: A Genealogical Analysis of Nietzschean Drive Theory, offers an original and fruitful interpretation of Nietzsches philosophical psychology. First, it clarifies what drives are. Second, it provides a new way of thinking about Nietzsches genealogical methods and then applies these insights to The Genealogy itself. What follows is a work that not only sheds much-needed light on Nietzsches philosophy of mind in general and his theory of emotions in particular, but also informs and illuminates problematic passages of Nietzsches Genealogy. Brian Lightbody is Professor and Chair of Philosophy at Brock University. He is the author of several monographs on Nietzsches philosophy, including Nietzsches Will to Power Naturalized: Translating the Human into Nature and Nature into the Human and Philosophical Genealogy: An Epistemological Reconstruction of Nietzsche and Foucaults Genealogical Method Volumes 1 and 2. His work has appeared in such journals as Philosophy Today, The Journal of Ancient Philosophy, and The European Legacy. .

Subject

• Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900
• Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900
• Instinct (Philosophy)
• Motivation (Psychology)
• Genealogy (Philosophy)
• Psychology and philosophy
• Psychology and philosophy

Genre/Form

Informational works.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: What is Genealogy? A Defense of Implexic Genealogy -- Chapter 3: Drives in the secondary Literature -- Chapter 4: The Internalization Hypothesis: A New Reading -- Chapter 5: A Closer Look at the Internalization of drives as implexes: the cognitive and affective strands -- Chapter 6: A Test Case Comparing Augustinian to Tertullian Christian Subjectivity -- Chapter 7: Conclusion.

Call Number

JFD 24-460

ISBN

• 9783031271472
• 3031271475

OCLC

1365612764

Author

Lightbody, Brian, author.

Title

A genealogical analysis of Nietzschean drive theory / Brian Lightbody.

Publisher

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2023]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Form:

Electronic version: Lightbody, Brian. Genealogical analysis of Nietzschean drive theory. Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2023] 9783031271489 (OCoLC)1377691568

Research Call Number

JFD 24-460