1st Edition

Maturity and Modernity Nietzsche, Weber, Foucault and the Ambivalence of Reason

By David Owen Copyright 1994
    272 Pages
    by Routledge

    268 Pages
    by Routledge

    Maturity and Modernity is the first book to analyze Nietzsche, Weber and Foucault as a tradition of theorising and to chart the development of genealogy as a mode of critique. It provides clear accounts of the main ideas of Nietzsche, Weber and Foucault (as well as a useful Glossary) and illustrates the relations between these thinkers at methodological, substantive and politcal levels.

    Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Kant and the Question of Maturity; Chapter 3 The Transformation of Critique; Chapter 4 The Genealogy of Modernity; Chapter 5 The Politics of the Übermensch; Chapter 6 Genealogy as Cultural Science; Chapter 7 The Genealogy of Modernity; Chapter 8 The Politics of 'Personality'; Chapter 9 Genealogy as Historical Ontology; Chapter 10 The Genealogy of Modernity; Chapter 11 The Politics of Critique; Chapter 12 Conclusion;

    Biography

    David Owen