Palgrave Macmillan | The Problem Of Affective Nihilism In Nietzsche: Thinking Differently, Feeling Differently (2020 EN)

Author: Kaitlyn Creasy
Full Title: The Problem Of Affective Nihilism In Nietzsche: Thinking Differently, Feeling Differently
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; 1st ed. 2020 edition (June 10, 2020)
Year: 2020
ISBN-13: 9783030371333 (978-3-030-37133-3), 9783030371326 (978-3-030-37132-6), 9783030371357 (978-3-030-37135-7)
ISBN-10: 3030371336, 3030371328, 3030371352
Pages: 188
Language: English
Genre: Philosophy: Continental Philosophy
File type: EPUB (True), PDF (True)
Quality: 10/10
Price: 74.89 €


Nietzsche is perhaps best known for his diagnosis of the problem of nihilism. Though his elaborations on this diagnosis often include descriptions of certain beliefs characteristic of the nihilist (such as beliefs in the meaninglessness or worthlessness of existence), he just as frequently specifies a variety of affective symptoms experienced by the nihilist that weaken their will and diminish their agency. This affective dimension to nihilism, however, remains drastically underexplored. In this book, Kaitlyn Creasy offers a comprehensive account of affective nihilism that draws on Nietzsche’s drive psychology, especially his reflections on affects and their transformative potential. After exploring Nietzsche’s account of affectivity (illuminating especially the transpersonal nature of affect in Nietzsche’s thought) and the phenomenon of affective nihilism, Creasy argues that affective nihilism might be overcome by employing a variety of Nietzschean strategies: experimentation, self-narration, and self-genealogy.


Overview:
✓ Presents a detailed and focused study of the problem of affective nihilism–nihilism as a feeling-based phenomenon–in the work of Friedrich Nietzsche
✓ Addresses long-standing questions about agency in Nietzsche
✓ Introduces the potential that ideas have to transform bodies

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