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    Introduction

    The introduction elucidates a disconnect in the secondary literature between Nietzschean drive theory on the one hand and the Internalization Hypothesis on the other. I demonstrate that the problems associated...

    Brian Lightbody in A Genealogical Analysis of Nietzschean Drive Theory (2023)

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    Conclusion

    The conclusion explains the notion of “D-continuity” as it relates to personal identity. D-continuity is then used to illustrate the vertical lines of a philosophical genealogical method of inquiry. These vert...

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    What Is Genealogy? A Defense of Implexic Genealogy

    Before outlining what I call implexic genealogy, I examine several interpretations of genealogy advanced in the secondary literature and the problems each of these methods generate. I then offer my novel reint...

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    The Internalization Hypothesis: A New Reading

    In Chap. 4, I begin by reconstructing the customary view of GM II 16 along with the passages that support the standard model (most notably GM II 1, 3, and 17). According to th...

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    A Test Case: Comparing Augustinian to Tertullian Christian Subjectivity

    In this chapter, my implexic account of drives and the context that informs them, which I have labeled parallel genealogy, is tested against two forms of Christian subjectivity. The first I call the internaliz...

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    Drives in the Secondary Literature

    This chapter explains the main features of drive theory as advanced in the secondary literature. I use Mattia Riccardi’s article “Virtuous Homunculi: Nietzsche on the Order of Drives” and its five-fold account...

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    A Closer Look at the Internalization of Drives as Implexes: The Cognitive and Affective Strands

    Chapter 4 solved the mystery surrounding the semi-animals and warrior artists Nietzsche refers to in GM II 16. Chapter 5 begins by tracing...

    Brian Lightbody in A Genealogical Analysis of Nietzschean Drive Theory (2023)