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Genealogies of Nietzsche

A special issue of Genealogy (ISSN 2313-5778).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 December 2022) | Viewed by 4336

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Joshua Rayman

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Department of Philosophy, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, USA
Interests: Nietzsche; nineteenth- and twentieth-century continental philosophy; Kant; metaphysics; epistemology

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues, 

Genealogy is now accepting submissions for a Special Issue on “Genealogies of Nietzsche.” Nietzsche’s work examines and enacts various models for selecting and determining the past in its relation to the present and future, including monumental, antiquarian, and critical history, exact and geistliche philology, and genealogy. Similarly, work on Nietzsche himself embodies a variety of modes of selecting and determining the past of his work and its relation to the present and future. Although genealogical and historical studies of Nietzsche’s work in relation to his notes, letters, readings, and influences date back to the 1890s, recent years have seen a flourishing of such work, as well as the “genetic” study of his newly available and legible drafts in KGW IX. 

We welcome discussions of Nietzsche’s methodological claims about historical and genealogical study, examinations of his actual philological, historical, and genealogical practices in relation to the past, and accounts of the variety of historical and genealogical methods that have been applied to understanding his work. Considerable work has been done on his understandings of history and genealogy, as well as how his genealogy influenced Foucault and others. Hence, we are not looking for work tracing the effects of Nietzsche on later thinkers or comparing his genealogy with others such as Foucault. 

We are looking for careful, historically informed scholarship on questions such as, but not limited to:

  • What were the origins of Nietzsche’s genealogical methods?
  • To what extent do Nietzsche’s stories of origin and development differ from then-contemporary philological or historical methods?
  • How did Nietzsche’s genealogical and historical practice relate to his claims about philology, history, and genealogy?
  • How accurate were his genealogies? Was accuracy an important or even relevant aim for them?
  • How might our understanding of Nietzsche or the present be altered by similarly applying genealogical methods to Nietzsche through the lens of contemporary questions and approaches (e.g., race, gender, and environment)?
  • What are the origins of his own major ideas?
  • What is the relationship of Nietzsche’s genealogy to (his) philosophy?

We request that, prior to submitting a manuscript, interested authors initially submit a proposed title and an abstract of 400-600 words summarizing their intended contribution. Please send it to the guest editor, Joshua Rayman (jrayman@usf.edu). Abstracts will be reviewed by the guest editor for the purposes of ensuring proper fit within the scope of the Special Issue. Full manuscripts will undergo double-blind peer review.

Tentative completion schedule:

  • Abstract submission deadline: April 1, 2021
  • Notification of abstract acceptance: April 15, 2021
  • Full manuscript deadline: 15 September 2021

Authors submitting to this special issue will not be charged any Article Processing Charges (APCs).

Joshua Rayman, Guest Editor, Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL USA 33620

Dr. Joshua Rayman
Guest Editor

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a double-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Genealogy is an international peer-reviewed open access quarterly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • Nietzsche
  • Genealogy
  • History
  • Philology
  • Philosophy

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A Genetic Interpretation of the Preface of The Genealogy of Morals
by William A. B. Parkhurst
Genealogy 2022, 6(4), 81; https://doi.org/10.3390/genealogy6040081 - 29 Sep 2022
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Traditional interpretations of Nietzsche’s The Genealogy of Morals (GM) argue that the work is a treatise on, or a straightforward account of, Nietzsche’s moral thinking. This is typically contrasted with what has become known as the postmodern reading, which holds that the core [...] Read more.
Traditional interpretations of Nietzsche’s The Genealogy of Morals (GM) argue that the work is a treatise on, or a straightforward account of, Nietzsche’s moral thinking. This is typically contrasted with what has become known as the postmodern reading, which holds that the core of GM is an attack on the very notion of the truth itself. These two interpretations are often taken to be non-coextensive and mutually exclusive. However, I argue, using a genetic form of argumentation that tracks the development of the text through archival evidence, that both are partially correct, since Nietzsche sees all fundamental problems hitherto as moral questions in service of the ascetic ideal and the will to truth. According to Nietzsche, all the hitherto fundamental questions of philosophy are not value-free but are deeply value-laden. To put this more precisely, Nietzsche rejects the fact-value distinction itself. Questions of morality are not separable from epistemology, questions of epistemology are not separable from morality, and both subjects have worked in service of the ascetic ideal. Further, I provide new evidence on the debate about the counter-ideal to the ascetic ideal. I claim that Amor Fati embodies that ideal. I argue for this using a section from the preface that was added but then removed. This section was removed because it gave away the conclusion of the work, that all fundamental problems, including questions of truth, are based on moral prejudices. Full article
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Nietzsche’s Genealogy in Its Relation to History and Philosophy
by Joshua Rayman
Genealogy 2022, 6(2), 54; https://doi.org/10.3390/genealogy6020054 - 15 Jun 2022
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Nietzsche’s sparse remarks on genealogy have left open significant questions as to what it is and where it stands in relation to philology, history, critique, and philosophy. By tracing Nietzsche’s associated conceptions of philology; critical, monumental, and antiquarian history; genesis; and Entstehungsgeschichte; [...] Read more.
Nietzsche’s sparse remarks on genealogy have left open significant questions as to what it is and where it stands in relation to philology, history, critique, and philosophy. By tracing Nietzsche’s associated conceptions of philology; critical, monumental, and antiquarian history; genesis; and Entstehungsgeschichte; as well as his genealogical practices, I show that, with certain key limitations, Nietzschean genealogy emerges from out of the synthesis of critical, monumental, and antiquarian history for the purposes of life that Nietzsche develops in On the Use and Disadvantage of History for Life. The importance of this practice lies in the fact that, at various times, it appears to be a part, a precondition, or even the totality of philosophy. Full article
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