Overview
Presents new perspectives on the work of Nietzsche, Bataille, Foucault and Derrida
Offers a unique understanding of the many facets of madness and philosophy
Opens up philosophical thought to autobiographical intervention
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Friedrich Nietzsche: Madness and the Limits of Becoming
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Georges Bataille: Madness and the ‘Ethics of Vulnerability’
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Michel Foucault: Madness and Philosophical Incapacity
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Jacques Derrida: Philosophy Opens Up to Madness
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Responding to Madness: Autobiographical Philosophy
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Responding to Madness: Autobiographical Philosophy
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About this book
Drawing connections between madness, philosophy and autobiography, this book addresses the question of how Nietzsche's madness might have affected his later works. It also explores why continental philosophy after Nietzsche is so fascinated with madness, and how it (re)considers, (re)evaluates and (re)valorizes madness. To answer these questions, the book analyzes the work of three major figures in twentieth-century French philosophy who were significantly influenced by Nietzsche: Bataille, Foucault and Derrida, examining the ways in which their responses to Nietzsche’s madness determine how they understand philosophy as well as philosophy’s relation to madness. For these philosophers, posing the question about madness renders the philosophical subject vulnerable and implicates it in a state of responsibility towards that about which it asks. Out of this analysis of their engagement with the question of madness emerges a new conception of 'autobiographical philosophy', which entails the insertion of this vulnerable subject into the philosophical work, to which each of these philosophers adheres or resists in different ways.
Reviews
“By way of Nietzsche, Derrida, and Bataille, Evangelou’s remarkable work attempts to demonstrate what a properly philosophical and ethical response to madness might be, with and beyond Foucault. An extremely important book for anyone interested in the relation between philosophy, work, life, and insanity.” (Michael Lewis, Teaching Fellow in Philosophy, Newcastle University, UK)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Philosophizing Madness from Nietzsche to Derrida
Authors: Angelos Evangelou
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57093-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-57092-1Published: 23 August 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-86075-6Published: 13 May 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-57093-8Published: 12 August 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 286
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations
Topics: Existentialism, Modern Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Man, Social Philosophy