By Jeffrey Church

ISBN-10: 0271050756

ISBN-13: 9780271050751

ISBN-10: 0271050764

ISBN-13: 9780271050768

G. W. F. Hegel and Friedrich Nietzsche are frequently thought of the philosophical antipodes of the 19th century. In Infinite Autonomy, Jeffrey Church attracts at the taking into account either Hegel and Nietzsche to evaluate the trendy Western safety of individuality—to think of even if we have been correct to reject the traditional version of group above the person. The theoretical and useful implications of this venture are vital, as the right security of the person allows the survival of recent liberal associations within the face of non-Western critics who worth communal objectives on the fee of person rights. by means of drawing from Hegelian and Nietzschean principles of autonomy, Church unearths a 3rd manner for the individual—what he calls the “historical individual,” which works past the disagreements of the ancients and the moderns whereas still incorporating their distinct contributions.

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