‘An audacious work in digital humanities scholarship, Nietzsche's Moral Psychology is interesting not simply because it offers well-argued rereadings of Nietzsche's classic works in moral psychology, but also because of its semantic network methodology … Alfano's fresh approach to the Nietzschean virtues - expanded here to include courage, curiosity, the pathos of distance, and the ability to laugh - are especially insightful.’ J. G. Moore, Choice

‘Alfano's virtue-theoretic reading is a stimulating and original contribution to the lively debate about Nietzsche's moral psychology. Everyone interested in that debate should read his book.’ Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

Nietzsche, a trained philologist, frequently urges his readers to interpret him carefully. In this book, Mark Alfano combines detailed close reading with digital methods (corpus analysis and semantic network visualization) to reframe our understanding of this major figure. He argues that virtue is a neglected concept in Nietzsche's writings, and sets out a fresh interpretation of Nietzschean virtues as well-calibrated drives. As different people embody different constellations of drives, so virtues differ from person to person. For Nietzsche himself, Alfano argues, five virtues are essential: curiosity, courage, a sense of humor, and pathos of distance (that is, contemptuousness) toward one's self and toward one's society. This innovative and original book will be invaluable for historians of philosophy, contemporary researchers in moral psychology and virtue theory, and philosophers interested in the fast-growing methodologies of the digital humanities.
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Part I. Introduction: 1. Précis; 2. Methodology: introducing digital humanities to the history of philosophy; Part II. Nietzsche's Socio-moral Framework: 3. From instincts and drives to types; 4. From types to virtues; 5. Socializing Nietzschean virtues; Part III. Nietzschean Virtues: 6. Curiosity; 7. Courage; 8. Pathos of distance; 9. Sense of humor; 10. Solitude; Part IV. Conclusion: 11. Conscience and integrity; 12. Prospectus; References; Index.
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‘An audacious work in digital humanities scholarship, Nietzsche's Moral Psychology is interesting not simply because it offers well-argued rereadings of Nietzsche's classic works in moral psychology, but also because of its semantic network methodology … Alfano's fresh approach to the Nietzschean virtues - expanded here to include courage, curiosity, the pathos of distance, and the ability to laugh - are especially insightful.’ J. G. Moore, Choice
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Examines Nietzsche's thinking on the virtues using a combination of close reading and digital analysis.

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781107424340
Publisert
2021-04-08
Utgiver
Vendor
Cambridge University Press
Vekt
466 gr
Høyde
228 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Dybde
16 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
315

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Om bidragsyterne

Mark Alfano is Associate Professor of Ethics and Philosophy of Technology at Delft University of Technology. He is the author of Character as Moral Fiction (Cambridge, 2013) and Moral Psychology: An Introduction (2016).