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Mochkin, A. N.
Labyrinth of Friedrich Nietzsche’s Nihilistic Revolution
// Philosophy and Culture.
2013. ¹ 6.
P. 766-775.
URL: https://en.nbpublish.com/library_read_article.php?id=62762
Mochkin, A. N. Labyrinth of Friedrich Nietzsche’s Nihilistic Revolution
Abstract:
The article presents the very first attempt to perform a positive reconstruction of Nihilistic Revolution
outlined by Friedrich Nietzsche in his late works (1882-1888). Even though it was rarely noticeable in
his works published during the philosopher’s life, the theory of nihilistic revolution showed itself in a form of
certain sayings and expressions and remarks included in his ‘Will to Power’ which had never been finished.
As a result of the ‘will to power’ and ‘eternal coming back’ developed by the philosopher during that period,
the concept of nihilistic revolution opposed to social-democratic theories of social development, socialistic
and Darwinism theories which dominated in XIX century. Completely denying the historical heritage of
XVII-XVIII philosophy, Nietzsche developed the idea of ‘reevaluation’ and replaced Christian nihilism, social
justice and Christian retribution with the idea of the Great Politcy and new social anthropology, i.e. the
theory of a ‘superman’. When working on his ideas of nihilistic revolution, the philosopher developed a new
time of reasoning which he called ‘Divine Image of Thought’. Applying the motto Sapere audi discovered by
Kant, Nietzsche followed many socialistic and reformatory ideas to their logical end. The philosopher also
formulated many ideas as a forecast of the future totalitarian regime of national states in XX century and
anticipates global political activities of the ‘Masters of Earth’ and methods of future political order. In the
process of writing his theory of nihilistic revolution, Nietzsche raises a question about the ‘social price’ or
ressentiment of the future social development, methods of social development of the humankind in general,
purposes of such development and the place of philosophy in this development.
Keywords:
philosophy, power, will, nihilism, super-man, Darwinism, rationalism, utopia, revolution, Enlightenment.
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