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Niilismo e modernidade em Nietzsche
Nihilism and Modernity by Nietzsche
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Abstract In view of the current understandings of violence, which tend to present it always negatively, Nietzsche's genealogy allows us to understand that violence also has a positive character in the historical course of the West. It enabled the establishment of civilization, to the extent that it shaped a ... view more
In view of the current understandings of violence, which tend to present it always negatively, Nietzsche's genealogy allows us to understand that violence also has a positive character in the historical course of the West. It enabled the establishment of civilization, to the extent that it shaped a particular human type. The morality of morals and primitive law were mechanisms of violence and cruelty that made man responsible, predictable, and obedient to standards. By renouncing the immediate satisfaction of instincts, one has internalized the guilt and one has instituted the civilized man. But in this same course grew and dominated the nihilism.... view less
Keywords
civilization; morality; Nietzsche, F.; nihilism; violence; guilt
Classification
Philosophy, Ethics, Religion
Document language
Portuguese
Publication Year
2018
Page/Pages
p. 61-71
Journal
Griot: Revista de Filosofia, 18 (2018) 2
ISSN
2178-1036
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed