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HEGEL, NIETZSCHE, AND PHILOSOPHY ThischallengingstudyexploresthethemeoffreedominthephilosophyofHegel andNietzsche.Inthefirsthalfofthebook,WillDudleysetsHegel’sPhilosophy ofRightwithinalargersystematicaccountandinnovativelydeploystheLogicto interpretit.Theauthorshowsthatfreedominvolvesnotonlytheestablishment ofcertainsocialandpoliticalinstitutionsbutalsothepracticeofphilosophyitself. Inthesecondhalf,DudleyrevealshowNietzsche’sdiscussionsofdecadence,no- bility,andtragedymapontoananalysisoffreedomthatcritiquesheteronomous choiceandKantianautonomy,andultimatelyissuesinapositiveconceptionof liberation. In a provocative conclusion, Hegel and Nietzsche are portrayed as complementary,emphasizingdifferentaspectsoffreedomandmodesofphilo- sophical thought, but concurring in the view that freedom is in part attained throughphilosophicalthinking. InboldlybringingHegelandNietzschetogetherintoaconversation,some- thingthatisrarelyattempted,Dudleyhasdevelopedasetoforiginalinterpreta- tionsthatwillbeofconsiderableimportancetostudentsofthesephilosophers, andmoregenerallytopoliticaltheoristsandhistoriansofideas. WillDudleyisAssistantProfessorofPhilosophy,WilliamsCollege. MODERN EUROPEAN PHILOSOPHY GeneralEditor RobertB.Pippin,UniversityofChicago AdvisoryBoard GaryGutting,UniversityofNotreDame Rolf-PeterHorstmann,HumboldtUniversity,Berlin MarkSacks,UniversityofEssex SomeRecentTitles DanielW.Conway:Nietzsche’sDangerousGame JohnP.McCormick:CarlSchmitt’sCritiqueofLiberalism FrederickA.Olafson:HeideggerandtheGroundofEthics Gu¨nterZo¨ller:Fichte’sTranscendentalPhilosophy WarrenBreckman:Marx,theYoungHegelians,andtheOriginsofRadical SocialTheory WilliamBlattner:Heidegger’sTemporalIdealism CharlesGriswold:AdamSmithandtheVirtuesoftheEnlightenment GaryGutting:PragmaticLiberalismandtheCritiqueofModernity AllenWood:Kant’sEthicalThought KarlAmeriks:KantandtheFateofAutonomy AlfredoFerrarin:HegelandAristotle CristinaLafont:Heidegger,LanguageandWorld-Discourse NicholasWolsterstorff:ThomasReidandtheStoryofEpistemology DanielDahlstrom:Heidegger’sConceptofTruth MichelleGrier:Kant’sDoctrineofTranscendentalIllusion HenryAllison:Kant’sTheoryofTaste AllenSpeight:Hegel,LiteratureandtheProblemofAgency J.M.Bernstein:Adorno HEGEL, NIETZSCHE, AND PHILOSOPHY Thinking Freedom WILL DUDLEY WilliamsCollege publishedbythepresssyndicateoftheuniversityofcambridge ThePittBuilding,TrumpingtonStreet,Cambridge,UnitedKingdom cambridge university press TheEdinburghBuilding,Cambridgecb22ru,uk 40West20thStreet,NewYork,ny10011-4211,usa 477WilliamstownRoad,PortMelbourne,vic3207,Australia RuizdeAlarco´n13,28014Madrid,Spain DockHouse,TheWaterfront,CapeTown8001,SouthAfrica http://www.cambridge.org (cid:1)C WillDudley2002 Thisbookisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithout thewrittenpermissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished2002 PrintedintheUnitedKingdomattheUniversityPress,Cambridge TypefaceNewBaskerville10/12pt. SystemLATEX2ε [tb] AcatalogrecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. LibraryofCongressCataloginginPublicationdata Dudley,Will,1967– Hegel,Nietzsche,andphilosophy:thinkingfreedom/WillDudley. p. cm. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. isbn0-521-81250-x 1.Hegel,GeorgWilhelmFriedrich,1770–1831. 2.Nietzsche,FriedrichWilhelm, 1844–1900. 3.Liberty. i.Title. b2949.l5.d83 2002 123(cid:2).5(cid:2)092243–dc21 2001052693 isbn052181250xhardback ForEarlandLouiseDudley, myfirstandbestteachers CONTENTS Acknowledgments pagexiii ListofTexts,Translations,andAbbreviations xv Introduction:FreedomandPhilosophy 1 1.TheSignificanceofFreedom:FromPolitics toPhilosophy 1 2.CompetingConceptionsofFreedom 3 LiberalFreedom 3 KantianFreedom 4 3.HegelandNietzsche 7 4.GoalsandStructureoftheBook 8 part i. freedom in and through hegel’s philosophy 1 ThePlaceofFreedominHegel’sPhilosophy 15 1.ThePartsofHegel’sSystem:Logic,Nature,Spirit 15 2.TheLogicalConceptofFreedom 17 3.ThePhilosophyof SpiritasanAccountofFreedom 21 4.StructureandMethodofPart1 24 2 TheFreedomofWilling:Hegel’sPhilosophyofRight 28 1.TheLogicalConceptofJudgment 29 2.TheInitialConceptionoftheWillandItsDevelopment 31 3.TheMoralConceptionoftheWill 39 4.TheIncompleteFreedomoftheMoralWill 42 5.TheInstitutionsof EthicalFreedom:Family,Civil Society,State 56 3 FreedombeyondWilling:FromthePhilosophyofRight toAbsoluteSpirit 69 1.ThePlaceofWillinginthePhilosophyofSpirit 70 2.TheLogicalConceptofPurposiveness 75 ix x contents 3.TheIncompleteFreedomofWilling 79 4.FromWillingtoArt,Religion,andPhilosophy 91 4 FreedomthroughHegel’sPhilosophy 101 1.Art,Religion,andPhilosophy:Overcomingthe SubjectivityofWilling 101 2.PhilosophyasConceptualSystematization 102 3.FreedomthroughSystematicPhilosophy 106 4.Epilogue:Reconciliation,Resignation,Theory andPractice 109 part ii. freedom in and through nietzsche’s philosophy 5 ThePlaceofFreedominNietzsche’sPhilosophy 123 1.Nietzsche’sLackofSystem 123 2.Nietzsche’sUnsystematicAccountofFreedom 125 6 TheFreedomofWilling:DecadenceandNobility 128 1.TheDecadentFailurestoWillFreely:TwoTypes ofSickness 128 Disgregation:TheUnfreedomofNotWilling 128 TheMoralityofSelflessness:TheIncompleteFreedomofWilling Nothing 134 TheContagiousCircleofDecadence 143 2.FromDecadencetoNobility:Convalescence 146 DestructionoftheMoralWill 146 TheDangersofDestruction 156 NobleHealth:TheEstablishmentofaFreeWill 160 7 FreedombeyondWilling:FromNobilitytoTragedy 175 1.TheIncompleteFreedomofNobility 175 DestructionoftheNobleWill:HealthyReinfection 178 TheDangersofDestructionRedux 187 Beyond Nobility and Decadence: The Endless Cycle of Sickness andConvalescence 189 2.TragicGreatHealth 195 AffirmationoutofOverfullness 197 AmorFatiandEternalReturn 201 TheGladTidingsofWorldlySelf-Redemption 207 8 FreedomthroughNietzsche’sPhilosophy 213 1.TheLanguageofTragedyasaConditionofFreedom 214 2.PhilosophyasaSourceofTragicLanguage 219

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