Abstract

ALVAREZ GONZALEZ, Eduardo. Biologism, Hierarchy and Critique of Culture in Nietzsche. Prax. filos. [online]. 2012, n.35, pp.151-185. ISSN 0120-4688.

The text concerns the range and outcome of the concept of will of power in the field of moral and political philosophy, and shows the biologism wich supports the whole nietzschean conception. Even though Nietzsche rejects Darwins position, his biologism enroles nevertheless in the trend of social darwinism, wich transfers the principle of hierarchie, that he thinks to find in the realm of life, to the moral, political and cultural yield. In this very sense it is shown how the so called "genealogical method" becomes a critical instrument wich Nietzsche uses against the whole humanistic tradition to deny the autonomy of culture and of creations of spirit in relation to the field of organic life.

Keywords : biologism; social darwinism; hierarchy; genealogy; culture.

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