Acid Horizon Uses of Nietzsche in Political Philosophy and Deleuze's Recasting of the Concept of Ressentiment
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Sep 5, 2020 Explore the applications of Nietzsche's philosophy in political theory and leftist programs. Discuss Nietzsche's influence on political thinking, his concepts of ressentiment and eternal return, and debunk the caricature of Nietzsche as a fascist. Delve into Deleuze's reinterpretation of ressentiment, genealogy as a methodology, and Nietzsche's concept of ressentiment as the motor of history. Discover the person of Rezontemann and the political implications of Nietzsche's philosophy.
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Nietzsche vs. Kant
- Nietzsche's project critiques and inverts Kant's by substituting sense and value for true and false.
- Truth becomes a product of the values one expresses, according to Deleuze's interpretation.
Sense and Value
- Kant's presuppositional approach determines categories of experience based on his wants, giving them fixed meanings.
- Deleuze and Nietzsche argue that sense-making is a historical act of imposing meaning through force.
Genealogy of Sense
- Sense isn't an origin, but a product of history, formed by forces like Kant's will imposing meaning.
- Deleuze uses Nietzsche to explore impersonal individuations, moving beyond fixed individuality assumptions.