The Ascetic Ideal: Genealogies of Life-Denial in Religion, Morality, Art, Science, and Philosophy Stephen Mulhall

The Ascetic Ideal: Genealogies of Life-Denial in Religion, Morality, Art, Science, and Philosophy – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9780192896889,0192896881

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• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0192896881
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0192896889
• Author(s): Stephen Mulhall

In The Ascetic Ideal, Stephen Mulhall shows how areas of cultural life that seem to be either essentially unconnected to evaluative commitments (science and philosophy) or to involve non-moral values (aesthetics) are in fact deeply informed by ethico-religious commitments, for better and for worse.

The book develops a reading of Nietzsche’s concept of ‘the ascetic ideal’, which he used to track the evolution, mutation, and expansion of the system of slave moral values, associated primarily with Judaeo-Christian religious belief through diverse fields of Western European culture–not just religion and morality, but aesthetics, science, and philosophy. Mulhall also offers an interpretation of Nietzsche’s genealogical method that aims to rebut standard criticisms of its nature, and to emphasize its potential for enhancing philosophical understanding more generally.

Table contents:

Introduction
Essay One: Authority and Revelation
Essay Two: Writing the Life of the Mind
Essay Three: Knowing, Framing, and Enframing

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