Philosophical Genealogy- Volume II

An Epistemological Reconstruction of Nietzsche and Foucault’s Genealogical Method

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Brian Lightbody

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American University Studies:

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Philosophical genealogy is a distinct method of historical and philosophical inquiry that was developed by the nineteenth-century philosopher, Friedrich Nietzsche, and subsequently adopted and extended by the twentieth-century philosopher, Michel Foucault. In brief, genealogies critically examine the historical origin of philosophical concepts, ideas and practices. They challenge the value of traditional methods of philosophical inquiry along with the results that these inquiries produce. Philosophical Genealogy Volume I: An Epistemological Reconstruction of the Genealogical Method explored the three axes of the genealogical method: power, truth and the ethical. In addition, various ontological and epistemic problems pertaining to each of these axes were examined. In Philosophical Genealogy Volume II: An Epistemological Reconstruction of the Genealogical Method, these problems are now resolved. Volume II establishes what requisite ontological underpinnings are required in order to provide a successful, epistemic reconstruction of the genealogical method. Problems regarding the nature of the body, the relation between power and resistance as well as the justification of Nietzschean perspectivism, are now all clearly answered. It is shown that genealogy is a profound, fecund and, most importantly, coherent method of philosophical and historical investigation which may produce many new discoveries in the fields of ethics and moral inquiry provided it is correctly employed.

Author Biography:

Brian Lightbody is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. He received his PhD from The Dominican University College in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He is a past recipient of the Governor General’s Gold Medal for academic excellence. Lightbody has published widely on Nietzsche, Foucault, Marcuse, and epistemology and he is the author of Philosophical Genealogy Volume I (2010) and the co-editor (with Neal DeRoo) of The Logic of Incarnation (2008).

Release date Australia

March 18th, 2011

Author

Brian Lightbody

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Edition

New edition

Pages

176

Series

American University Studies:

ISBN-13

9781433109928

Product ID

18582033

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