Description
About the Author
Paul Katsafanas is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Boston University. He works on topics at the interface of ethics and philosophy of mind, including the nature of agency and motivation; the structure of self-consciousness; and the way in which normative claims might be justified. He addresses these topics in part by mining the work of nineteenth-century philosophers including Nietzsche. His recent publications include Agency and the Foundations of Ethics: Nietzschean Constitutivism (OUP, 2013), 'Fugitive Pleasure and the Meaningful Life: Nietzsche on Nihilism and Higher Values' (Journal of the American Philosophical Association, 2015), and 'Fanaticism and Sacred Values' (Philosophers' Imprint, 2018).
Reviews
... elegantly-written, with complex exegetical work, philosophical discussion, and historical scholarship woven neatly into an admirably clear and readable whole. * Sabrina Little, Journal of Moral Philosophy *
'For anyone teaching a seminar on Nietzsche or the history of moral psychology, I can recommend without reservation putting The Nietzschean Self on your syllabus. It may be possible to write a better book on Nietzsche's moral psychology, but no one has done so yet.' * British Journal for the History of Philosophy *
The book is clear and engaging. Katsafanas makes judicious use of concepts and theories from more recent philosophical psychology to illuminate Nietzsche's views, and he offers detailed, insightful discussions of relevant secondary literature. * Mind *
'this volume deserves to be read seriously by all those with an interest in Nietzsche and moral psychology.' * Ethics *
'The picture Katsafanas offers is compelling, well articulated, and well defended. The book adds to our understanding of several timely debates, and thus should be read by anyone interested in Nietzsche's moral psychology.' * Dialogue *
'well organized and clearly written, and some of the interpretive theses Katsafanas advocates present an intriguing countercurrent to some of the most popular views in contemporary Nietzsche scholarship.' * Journal of the History of Philosophy *
Book Information
ISBN 9780198837107
Author Paul Katsafanas
Format Paperback
Page Count 304
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Dimensions(mm) 239mm * 167mm * 16mm