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Nietzsche and Suffered Social Histories

Genealogy and Convalescence

Palgrave Macmillan

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  1. Jeffrey M. Jackson

    1. Univ of Houston-Downtown , Houston, USA

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  • Presents a novel reading of Nieztsche that is simultaneously grounded in historically-relevant research.

  • Brings together the philosophical writing of Nietzche with the psychoanalytic literature of Freud and Winnicott, and the critical theory of Adorno.

  • Features a diversity of scholars, both primary and secondary, contemporary and historical

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    • Jeffrey M. Jackson
    Pages 1-41

  3. Convalescence, Mourning, and Sociality

    • Jeffrey M. Jackson
    Pages 43-67

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 179-185
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About this book

This book presents a reading of Nietzsche as a thinker of the suffered social histories of subjectivity.  It suggests that Nietzsche’s concept of genealogy needs the concept of convalescence to be coherent. Genealogy is a form of reflection that traces the suffered scenes of which that reflection is symptomatic, whereas convalescence is the ordeal of reflection’s coming to bear its limits within scenes of embodied suffering.  This theme is developed by appeals to Freud’s notion of mourning and the object relations theories of Melanie Klein and D.W. Winnicott, which insist on the primacy of suffered relationality in the genesis of subjectivity.  Moreover, Adorno’s notion of negative dialectics and its emphasis on the primacy of the object are suggested as an alternative context within which to read Nietzsche’s writing, in contrast with dominant modes of criticism.  The discussion will appeal to anyone interested in Nietzsche, critical theory and the relationship between psychoanalysis and philosophy.
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Univ of Houston-Downtown , Houston, USA

    Jeffrey M. Jackson

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About the author

Jeffrey M. Jackson is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Chair or the Department of Social Sciences at the University of Houston—Downtown, USA.  He is the author of Philosophy and Working-through the Past: A Psychoanalytic Approach to Social Pathologies. 
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Nietzsche and Suffered Social Histories

  • Book Subtitle: Genealogy and Convalescence

  • Authors: Jeffrey M. Jackson

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-59299-6

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York

  • eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-60152-0Published: 20 June 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-95624-1Published: 29 July 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-59299-6Published: 19 June 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 185

  • Topics: Psychology, general, Social Sciences, general

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