Nietzsche's Rhetoric
Four Case Studies
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This book excavates the rhetorical devices that Nietzsche habitually uses and demonstrates how they circumscribe rather than expand the reader’s interpretive horizon. Through a sustained analysis of Nietzsche’s rhetorical style, stratagems, and didactic aims in two of his early works (‘On Truth and Lies in a Non-Moral Sense’ and Daybreak) and two of his later works (Beyond Good and Evil and Twilight of the Idols), the book assesses the extent to which Nietzsche’s substantialrhetorical arsenal undermines the philosophical claims he is seeking to advance. The four case studies also bring to the fore some of the less palatable aspects of Nietzsche’s thought such as racial stereotyping, the essentialising of a so-called slave mentality, and the ranking of human beings based on a highly idiosyncraticand prejudiced view of what qualifies as noble and ignoble.
This book excavates the rhetorical devices that Nietzsche habitually uses and demonstrates how they circumscribe rather than expand the reader’s interpretive horizon. Through a sustained analysis of Nietzsche’s rhetorical style, stratagems, and didactic aims in two of his early works (‘On Truth and Lies in a Non-Moral Sense’ and Daybreak) and two of his later works (Beyond Good and Evil and Twilight of the Idols), the book assesses the extent to which Nietzsche’s substantial rhetorical arsenal undermines the philosophical claims he is seeking to advance. The four case studies also bring to the fore some of the less palatable aspects of Nietzsche’s thought such as racial stereotyping, the essentialising of a so-called slave mentality, and the ranking of human beings based on a highly idiosyncratic and prejudiced view of what qualifies as noble and ignoble.
Provides an in-depth, text-specific examination of Nietzsche’s rhetorical style, devices, and strategies Offers a primer on Nietzsche’s highly idiosyncratic style of argumentation Demonstrates a number of ways rhetorical and writing style can function as forms of philosophical argumentation
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"Francesca Cauchi has produced a lucid and lively account of Nietzsche’s oft-neglected practice of rhetoric. Comprising four case studies, this book guides the reader through the diverse philosophical styles employed by Nietzsche over the course of his writing career. Insightful, clever, and engaging, this book will appeal to anyone who has encountered Nietzsche’s mastery of stylistic innovation."—Daniel Conway, Texas A&M University
‘Francesca Cauchi offers a forensic analysis of Nietzsche’s own rhetorical theory and practice; in so doing, she offers a reappraisal of his thought which is as radical and thought-provoking as her previous studies of Nietzsche. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in language, truth, and the logic of rhetoric.’
–Paul Bishop, William Jacks Chair in Modern Languages, University of Glasgow.
‘Francesca Cauchi's book is a bold attempt to take seriously the rhetorical dimension of Nietzsche’s writings. She does not hold back from identifying in some of Nietzsche's most well-known texts what he himself called the “forcing, adjusting, abbreviating, omitting, padding, inventing, falsifying and everything else essential to interpretation” (On the Genealogy of Morality III: 24).’
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