A Postmodern Nietzsche: The Genealogy of Morality

The beginning of the end of modernity has come. Modernism is dead. Nietzsche killed it. How shall he comfort himself, the postmodernist, of postmodernism?

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[epochphilosophy]

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[OnerousEthic]

Wow! Right from the start, EP hits a home run! 0:49 “This hermeneutic of suspicion that Nietzsche is throwing out, is that Christianity, while presenting itself as a religion of love and compassion and tenderness, is a mask of hate, and fear, and another form of power.” My sentiments exactly!

[Dimee]

Good stuff dude. This approach to viewing Nietzsche needs to be emphasized more. People who whine about postmodernism but simultaneously claim to uphold Nietzsche (who in many ways paved the way for "Postmodern" theory) are philosophically illiterate.

Also love the White Bat Audio music

[big_hat_logan]

He’s legitimately one of the best writers I’ve ever read. His writing is so good. I don’t know much about philosophy, but it’s rare to read a philosophy book and be blown away by the writing

[christopherbettridge]

"God is dead, and we are the ones who have killed him, though the light from this event has not yet reached us" is one of the most NECCESARILY misunderstood quotes, in whichever uncertain context its taken or given in. In fact, I doubt that the truly and poignantly full realization of the possible nature of its meaning has yet to reach us, either.

[ReclusiveAsta]

I love the decorum in this video, also I hope you cover Michel Foucault more in depth in the future to see where that rabbit-hole goes. Keep up the good work!

[LogicGated]

The Peterson misreading of Nietzsche never gets old to me lol

[Paradoxe]

Have you heard of the works of Georg Lukacs (The Destruction of Reason) and Domenico Losurdo (Aristocratic Rebel) on Nietzsche ?
I’m sure you will find them very interesting !!

Thank you for all your hard work, enlightening and beautiful at the same time as usual.
It is very funny to me how almost every reactionary today uphold Nietzsche and denounce what they believe to be Marxism, Post-Marxism, Post-Modernism, Post-Modern-Neo-Marxist (since they don’t know the meaning of any of those words) because they think that there is a direct link between Marx and philosophers like Foucault or Deleuze when in reality those same post-modern philosophers rejected Marx in favor of new interpretations of Nietzsche thoughts.
And yet the links between them are quite obvious to me : rejection of morality, rejection of meta-narrative, rejection of modernity in favor of a « revolt against the modern world »

[Piton]

Your work in this videos is something really stupendous, thank you so much for this. From a philosophy student to another

[lucashoffmann]

Love, how you don't hide Pills as an inspiration for your style and targets. 5mins in and I already sense a "kill all priests" vibe <3

[lsobrien]

Excellent. It was good to hear some of your criticisms of Nietzsche too, added depth to the whole vid.

[nietzscheanpeoplespower]

Great work! Loved the more humorous approach. Very Dionysian. One misconception about Nietzsche that botheres me the most is the view that his tone was uptight, humorless, bitter, resentful or to put it in Nietzschean terms, English. (the incel vibes). Despite his pessimism and seakness he was at moments very much a dancing star.
His life affirming simply was not of the moralist kind, so in his ruthless criticism he appears resentful. His intention was to be at moments a Satyr, a Diogenes of his time and despite his admiration for Naloleon and Bismark, he was far from a brooding edgy right wing icon that people today see him as.

[warrenthebard]

another banger as always. Nietzsche is so fascinating to me, I definitely need to read more of him. I think he's more compatible with emancipatory goals than we might realize.

[James-lljb]

Been reading, rereading Nietzsche since 1976-79.
After 13 countries, 43 states, 50+ jobs and 45 years, he becomes TRUER by the month!❤

[mattd]

Nietzsche appeals because he represents of a sort of perfection and cleansing of the intellect, which extends temporally to cleansing history and the future. Obviously, the way I frame this tells a certain story as if taken literally, which it was, leads to less than perfect results.

[Myst]

Love the background music! It would be awesome if you use it for your future videos as well. It makes it more dynamic and easier to follow, imo.

[eccehomonohomo]

Nietzsche is a profoundly esoteric writer who uncovered the secrets of the eleusinian mysteries. His entire philosophy is based around initiating the reader.

[moxarie]

You're work is so insightful and your videos are so well made

[amanonfirehim]

If modern justice is unjust, what is just? What is good? If morality is a societal construct, it seems good and evil are subject to being determined by the loudest voice in society. While current trends in postmodern critical theory may reverse the aristocratic determination of justice and morality, it seems to have the same paradoxical consequences Nietzsche argued was problematic. The values of the minority group will be subjugated to the postmodern critical theorists. Would it not be the same paradox Nietzsche so diligently labored over? Would it not reason then that rather than morality, justice, good, and evil being a social or societal construct that these be determined by a source external of the individual, collective, or state?

[paulhurst]

Great video. At 14:00 you state Nietzsche is interchangeably right-wing and left-wing. There is no difference between the two political extremes. They both employ the same techniques and violent mindset. One uses race conflict. The other uses class conflict. Other than that they are the same.