Mark Alfano

Nietzsche's Moral Psychology (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. August 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108645423
• Artikelnr.: 62744106

Autorenporträt

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).

Inhaltsangabe

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.