Nietzsche's economy Modernity, normativity and futurity /

This book proposes that Nietzsche should be viewed as an economic thinker to rank alongside Marx. Peter Sedgwick shows how Nietzsche views economy as the basic condition under which the 'human animal' developed. Economy, Nietzsche argues, endowed us with futurity, and is a defining aspect...

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Main Authors: Sedgwick, Peter
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Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
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Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230597204
Summary: This book proposes that Nietzsche should be viewed as an economic thinker to rank alongside Marx. Peter Sedgwick shows how Nietzsche views economy as the basic condition under which the 'human animal' developed. Economy, Nietzsche argues, endowed us with futurity, and is a defining aspect of human behaviour.
Item Description: Electronic book text.
Epublication based on: 9781403990662, 2007.
Carrier Form: 232 p.
ISBN: 9781403990662
9780230597204 :
0230597203 :
CLC: B0
Contents: Preface Economy and Society in Nietzsche's 'Middle Period' Works: Human, All Too Human, Assorted Opinions and Maxims, The Wanderer and His Shadow, Daybreak Humankind, the Measurer of All Things: Modernity and Primitive Economy in Human, All Too Human, Daybreak, and The Gay Science The Great Economy Zarathrustra and the Economy of the Overman Philosophical Temptations: Economy and Futurity Conclusion Notes Index.