HOW IS SELF-FASHIONING POSSIBLE? NIETZSCHE ON AGENCY AND FREEDOM

• Authors: Čukljeviċ Filip
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In this paper I shall explore how self-fashioning, as conceived by Friedrich Nietzsche, is possible. My goal is to show that self-fashioning is not jeopardized by Nietzsche’s determinism and his rejection of traditional ideas of selfhood, agency, and freedom. First, I shall clarify why the abandonment of this traditional conception of human beings is seen by some as deleterious to the project of self-fashioning. Afterwards, I shall argue that Nietzsche is a determinist: he maintains that one could not have acted otherwise. If thought of in this way, freedom is impossible. However, Nietzsche also has a more positive conception of freedom. Following John Richardson’s reading of Nietzsche, I shall examine the three main stages through which freedom evolves. I shall expand Richardson‘s account with a corresponding analysis of Nietzsche’s notion of responsibility. Finally, we shall see how a discussion of such issues allows us to understand how self-fashioning is possible.

Keywords

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FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE; SELF-FASHIONING; FREEDOM; RESPONSIBILITY

• Publisher: Institute of Philosophy, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Filozofia (Philosophy)
• Year: 2024
• Volume: 79
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 538 – 552

Contributors

author

Čukljeviċ Filip

• Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, 18-20 Čika Ljubina Street, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9188-9260

Identifiers

DOI

https://doi.org/10.31577/filozofia.2024.79.5.6