Nietzsche, the Anthropologists, and the Genealogy of Trauma
In this paper, I bring the Second and Third Essays of <i>On the Genealogy of Morality</i> into conversation with the anthropological work that Nietzsche uses to inform his understanding of human prehistory. More specifically, I show the ways in which Nietzsche’s genealogical use of prehi...
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| description | In this paper, I bring the Second and Third Essays of <i>On the Genealogy of Morality</i> into conversation with the anthropological work that Nietzsche uses to inform his understanding of human prehistory. More specifically, I show the ways in which Nietzsche’s genealogical use of prehistory both calls upon and departs from the work of figures like Edward Tylor, John Lubbock, and Albert Hermann Post. This departure is most significant in Nietzsche’s rejection of the progressive or developmental account of social and moral history for an account that emphasizes the way in which morality develops out of the psychological effects of recurring human traumas. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0479e542d6124639a6fa86b9808779a92023-11-21T10:47:43ZengMDPI AGGenealogy2313-57782021-03-01512310.3390/genealogy5010023Nietzsche, the Anthropologists, and the Genealogy of TraumaIain P. Morrisson0The Honors College, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, USAIn this paper, I bring the Second and Third Essays of <i>On the Genealogy of Morality</i> into conversation with the anthropological work that Nietzsche uses to inform his understanding of human prehistory. More specifically, I show the ways in which Nietzsche’s genealogical use of prehistory both calls upon and departs from the work of figures like Edward Tylor, John Lubbock, and Albert Hermann Post. This departure is most significant in Nietzsche’s rejection of the progressive or developmental account of social and moral history for an account that emphasizes the way in which morality develops out of the psychological effects of recurring human traumas.https://www.mdpi.com/2313-5778/5/1/23Nietzschegenealogyanthropologyprehistorytrauma |
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