The Artistry of the Priest and the Philosopher: Ressentiment in Gilles Deleuze's Nietzsche and Philosophy

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    Abstract

    A study of Gilles' Deleuze's 1962 monograph, Nietzsche and Philosophy. This chapter examines the artistry of two key conceptual figures in Deleuze's account: the priest and the philosopher. I look at criticisms of Deleuze's attempt to configure the Overman as a state of purely active forces, and argue that a different model of the philosopher is provided by Deleuze himself in his reading of Nietzsche: the philosopher contains both active and reactive forces and is comfortable with both active and reactive concepts, and this is closer to Nietzsche's proposal of experimenting with the bad conscience at the end of Genealogy of Morals (Essay II).
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationThe Polemics of Ressentiment:
    Subtitle of host publicationVariations on Nietzsche
    EditorsSjoerd van Tuinen
    Place of PublicationLondon
    PublisherBloomsbury Academic
    Chapter3
    Pages51-66
    Number of pages15
    ISBN (Electronic)978-1350003675
    ISBN (Print)1350003670, 978-1350003675
    Publication statusPublished - 17 May 2018

    Publication series

    NameBloomsbury Studies in Continental Philosophy
    PublisherBloomsbury Academic

    Bibliographical note

    Article is listed in the publication as 'The Problem of Ressentiment in Nietzsche and Deleuze`s Nietzsche'

    Keywords

    • Deleuze Nietzsche ressentiment philosopher philosophy friend priest bad conscience

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