Document Type : Original Article
Authors
1 PhD Student, Department of Ethics, Faculty of Theology, University of Qom, Qom, Iran
2 Assistant Professor, Department of Ethics, University of Qom, Qom, Iran
3 Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
Nietzsche's philosophy is considered a fundamental criticism of the tradition of Modern philosophy in general and specifically in opposition to Kant's project. For Nietzsche, the ironic and paradoxical aspect of Kant's critical philosophy is that it takes the form of legislation (viz. categorical imperative). Kant's critique confined itself to delimiting the laws governing knowledge and the claims to morality but, in so doing, failed to challenge the value of knowledge and moral ideas per se. Nietzsche considers Kant's philosophy a clear manifestation of Enlightenment appearance/reality and subject/object distinctions, which are challenged through genealogical inquiry in the first and second essays of On the Genealogy of Morality respectively. This paper will examine Nietzschean genealogy. In addition, it will discuss the nature and value of Nietzschean genealogy as a critique. In the end, it is concluded that "Nietzsche's genealogy project" can be considered the first postmodern confrontation against Kant's Enlightenment project and modernity thinking, in which the radicalism viewpoints of genealogy are hidden.
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