The sources and functions of the state in the thought of Friedrich Nietsche: the multitude of slavish tendencies and the existential unity of the „free spirits” Cover Image

Źródła i funkcje państwa w myśli Fryderyka Nietzschego: wielość niewolniczych tendencji a jedność egzystencji „wolnych duchów”
The sources and functions of the state in the thought of Friedrich Nietsche: the multitude of slavish tendencies and the existential unity of the „free spirits”

Author(s): Marcin Dżugaj
Subject(s): Philosophy, History of Philosophy, Social Philosophy
Published by: Fundacja „dzień dobry! kolektyw kultury”
Keywords: politics; state; Nietzsche; master and slave; free spirit;

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the sources and functions of the state in the thought of Friedrich Nietzsche. Nietzsche claims that modern society is overfilled by a multitude of slavish tendencies, which stand in total opposition to the existential unity of the “free spirits”, whose way of life was extinguished at the same time as the slaves started to establish rules. Only the Overman, as Nietzsche says, can overcome the slavish nature of the state and bring an authentic joy to the human existence.

  • Issue Year: 7/2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 98-118
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: Polish