ABSTRACT

Maturity and Modernity is the first book to analyze Nietzsche, Weber and Foucault as a tradition of theorising and to chart the development of genealogy as a mode of critique. It provides clear accounts of the main ideas of Nietzsche, Weber and Foucault (as well as a useful Glossary) and illustrates the relations between these thinkers at methodological, substantive and politcal levels.

chapter |6 pages

Introduction

chapter |16 pages

The Transformation of Critique

Nietzsche and genealogy

chapter |30 pages

The Genealogy of Modernity

Nietzsche, asceticism and nihilism

chapter |21 pages

The Politics of the Übermensch

Nietzsche, maturity and modernity

chapter |17 pages

Genealogy as Cultural Science

Weber, methodology and critique

chapter |22 pages

The Genealogy of Modernity

Weber, asceticism and disenchantment

chapter |17 pages

The Politics of 'Personality'

Weber, maturity and modernity

chapter |23 pages

Genealogy as Historical Ontology

Foucault, methodology and critique

chapter |34 pages

The Genealogy of Modernity

Foucault, humanism and biopolitics

chapter |17 pages

The Politics of Critique

Foucault, maturity and modernity

chapter |5 pages

Conclusion