Nietzsche's Political Theory (Wendy Brown, UC Berkeley)

Wendy Brown, UC Berkeley
Modern Political Theory: from Tocqueville to Weber
112C Political Science, Fall 2011

Moral, Social & Political Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche
Genealogy of Morals
Slave & Master Morality
Revaluation of Values
The Übermensch

The genealogical approach. Good and bad vs good and evil; slave and master morality; bad conscience and the ascetic ideal; Nihilism. Eternal recurrence, the Übermensch, Ressentiment, will to power. God is dead.

Nietzsche as a Moral Philosopher
Nietzsche as a Social Theorist
Nietzsche as a Political Philosopher
Nietzsche and Philosophy of Science

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