Educating the “sick animal”. Nietzsche, the problem of greatness and the reconfiguration of intersubjectivity in the historical experience

Authors

  • Riccardo Roni University of Urbino Italy

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24310/EstudiosNIETen.vi21.13715

Keywords:

education, pragmatism, greatness, reason

Abstract

In this article I am focusing on the problem of greatness and on the social destiny of strong individuals in some moments of Nietzsche’s reflection, investigating the ethical-pedagogical implications of this assumption, without neglecting the importance of the historical experience. On this basis, I value Nietzsche’s attempt to reconfigure subjectivity and intersubjective relations through new models of coexistence (even in democratic contexts marked by decadence), by appealing to the human capacity for self-overcoming, in accordance with the demands of a “concrete reason” which makes explicit the multiple ways of being in the world.

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Published

2021-12-28

How to Cite

Roni, R. (2021). Educating the “sick animal”. Nietzsche, the problem of greatness and the reconfiguration of intersubjectivity in the historical experience. Estudios Nietzsche, (21), 67–87. https://doi.org/10.24310/EstudiosNIETen.vi21.13715