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Rousseau and Nietszche [i.e. Nietzsche] : toward an aesthetic morality

This depiction of the problems and potential of modernity focuses on the modern self's desire to individuate whilst facing the ethical responsibility to integrate with the world: Nietzsche's drive for extraordinary individualism; Rousseau's call for the dependable citizen.
Print Book, English, ©2001
Lexington Books, Lanham, Md., ©2001
xi, 203 pages ; 24 cm
9780739102992, 9780739103005, 0739102990, 0739103008
47224506
Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Rousseau's Moral Anthropology Chapter 3 Homeless Citizens: The Critique of Bourgeois Society Chapter 4 An Anti-Utopian Utopia: Rousseau's Social Contract Chapter 5 Emile: The Cultivation of Nature Chapter 6 Art and Tragedy in Nietzsche Chapter 7 The Will to Power and Agency Chapter 8 The Philosophy of Limits: Nietzsche's Zarathustra Chapter 9 Bodies and Eternity: Nietzsche and the Power of Woman Chapter 10 Conclusion: The Artistry of Morality and the Morality of Art