Nietzsche's animal philosophy : culture, politics, and the animality of the human being

264 Pages·2009·2.27 MB·English

by  Lemm

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Culture, Politics, and the
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Nietzsche’s Animal Philosophy
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SeriesBoard
JamesBernauer
DrucillaCornell
ThomasR.Flynn
KevinHart
RichardKearney
Jean-LucMarion
Adriaan Peperzak
ThomasSheehan
HentdeVries
MeroldWestphal
EdithWyschogrod
MichaelZimmerman
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John D. Caputo, series editor
PERSPECTIVES IN
CONTINENTAL
PHILOSOPHY
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VANES SA L EMM
Nietzsche’s Animal Philosophy
Culture, Politics, and the Animality
of the Human Being
FORDHAMUNIVERSITYPRESS
NewYork 2009
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LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData
Lemm,Vanessa.
Nietzsche’sanimalphilosophy:culture,politics,andtheanimalityofthehuman
being/VanessaLemm.
p. cm.
Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex.
ISBN978-0-8232-3027-3(cloth:alk.paper)—
ISBN978-0-8232-3028-0(pbk.:alk.paper)
1. Nietzsche,FriedrichWilhelm,1844–1900. 2.Philosophicalanthropology.
3.Animals(Philosophy) I.Title.
B3317.L433 2009
128—dc22
2008047375
PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica
11 10 09 5 4 3 2 1
Firstedition
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To Lou, Esteban, Aliz´e, and Miguel
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Contents
Acknowledgments xi
Abbreviations xiii
Introduction:TheAnimalinNietzsche’sPhilosophy 1
1. CultureandCivilization 10
2. PoliticsandPromise 30
3. CultureandEconomy 48
4. GivingandForgiving 61
5. Animality,Creativity,andHistoricity 86
6. Animality,Language,andTruth 111
Conclusion:BiopoliticsandtheQuestionofAnimalLife 152
Notes 157
Bibliography 215
Index 229
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