{"product_id":"beyond-selflessness-reading-nietzsches-genealogy-paperback","title":"Beyond Selflessness: Reading Nietzsche's Genealogy - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristopher Janaway\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristopher Janaway presents a full commentary on Nietzsche's most studied work, \u003cem\u003eOn the Genealogy of Morality\u003c\/em\u003e, and combines close reading of key passages with an overview of Nietzsche's wider aims. Arguing that Nietzsche's goal is to pursue psychological and historical truths concerning the origins of modern moral values, \u003cem\u003eBeyond Selflessness\u003c\/em\u003e differs from other books on Nietzsche in that it emphasizes the significance of his rhetorical methods as an instrument of persuasion. Nietzsche's outlook is broadly naturalist, but he is critical of typical scientific and philosophical methods for their advocacy of impersonality and suppression of the affects. In contrast to his opponents, Schopenhauer and Paul Rée, who both account for morality in terms of selflessness, Nietzsche believes that our allegiance to a post-Christian morality that centers around selflessness, compassion, guilt, and denial of the instincts is not primarily rational but affective: underlying feelings, often\u003cbr\u003eambivalent and poorly grasped in conscious thought, explain our moral beliefs. The \u003cem\u003eGenealogy\u003c\/em\u003e is designed to detach the reader from his or her allegiance to morality and prepare for the possibility of new values. In addition to examining how Nietzsche's \"perspectivism\" holds that one can best understand a topic such as morality through allowing as many of one's feelings as possible to speak about it, Janaway shows that Nietzsche seeks to enable us to \"feel differently: \" his provocation of the reader's affects helps us grasp the affective origins of our attitudes and prepare the way for healthier values such as the affirmation of life (as tested by the thought of eternal return) and the self-satisfaction to be attained by \"giving style to one's character.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChristopher Janaway\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southampton.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 21, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47693617594616,"sku":"9780199570850","price":106.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/Zm1nSHBxTGMybzRPSitFOFF5OGM5QT09.webp?v=1766433328","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/beyond-selflessness-reading-nietzsches-genealogy-paperback","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}