Affectivity and Philosophy after Spinoza and Nietzsche: Making Knowledge the Most Powerful Affect

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Springer, 12 okt 2015 - 251 pagina's
Pethick investigates a much neglected philosophical connection between two of the most controversial figures in the history of philosophy: Spinoza and Nietzsche. By examining the crucial role that affectivity plays in their philosophies, this book claims that the two philosophers share the common goal of making knowledge the most powerful affect.
 

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Introduction
1
Discovering What the Body Can Do
18
2 Nietzsche and the Sign Language of the Affects
68
Redeeming the Body from the Ascetic Ideal
110
4 Making Knowledge the Most Powerful Affect
156
Bibliography
231
Index
245
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Over de auteur (2015)

Stuart Pethick is an independent writer and researcher within early modern and modern European philosophy with a special interest in the relationship between affectivity, ideas and language.

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