| Description |
xv, 325 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. A Primer on Nietzsche and Postmodernism -- 2. Nietzsche Contra Democracy: Deconstructing Equality --3. Nietzsche Contra Nietzsche: Democracy Without Equality -- 4. Agonistic Democracy -- 5. Democracy, Excellence, and Merit -- 6. Perspectivism, Truth, and Politics -- 7. Ethics and Politics Without Foundations -- 8. Selfhood, Rights, and Justice |
| Summary |
Nietzsche was wrong to repudiate democracy, since democratic politics can be more amenable to his own way of thinking than he imagined. Yet Nietzsche was right to expose fundamental flaws in traditional democratic theory, especially the modernist emphasis on human equality, rational subjectivity, and natural rights. Lawrence Hatab offers a postmodern account of democracy freed from traditional assumptions expressed in the Enlightenment project. He shows that democratic politics need not be based on egalitarianism or essentialism and need not be identified with a conformist mediocrity; rather it can be construed as an agonistic pluralism and an unrestricted meritocracy, both of which are consonant with Nietzsche's outlook |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-312) and index |
| Subject |
Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900.
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Democracy.
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Postmodernism -- Political aspects.
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Political science.
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| LC no. |
95025147 |
| ISBN |
0812692950 alkaline paper |
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0812692969 paperback alkaline paper |
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