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Nietzsche/24/3rd proofs 11/20/02 9:36 AM Page 132 Prospects for a Democratic Agon: Why We Can Still Be Nietzscheans Lawrence J. Hatab n recent years, a number of writers have attempted to appropriate Nietzsche’s thought, or significant elements of it, for democratic poli- tics. Needless to say, such projects are surprising, since Nietzsche was a notorious opponent of democracy and liberalism. In a nutshell, these proj- ects have suggested that Nietzsche’s emancipatory critique of Western foun- dationalism, essentialism, and rationalism can help correct supposed blind spots and exclusions haunting modern political ideals born out of the Enlightenment. Nietzsche’s celebration of perspectivism, the openness of identity, and agonistic dynamism can prepare a vision of democratic life that is more vibrant, inclusive, creative, and life-affirming than that of modern political theories grounded in the rational subject. Of course such ventures have met criticism, especially from those who resist the embrace of Nietzsche in much of Continental thought. Jürgen Habermas has been in the forefront of this resistance in Germany. And a recent collection of essays from France, Why We Are Not Nietzscheans, has reproached so-called French Nietzscheans such as Derrida, Foucault, and Deleuze for not owning up to the political dangers of
The Journal of Nietzsche Studies – Penn State University Press
Published: Dec 19, 2002
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