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4Editors’ introduction: the question of happinessSouth African Journal of Philosophy 33 (4): 377-380. 2014.
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13The Struggle Between Ideals: Nietzsche, Schmitt and Lefort on the Politics of the FutureIn Vasti Roodt & Herman W. Siemens (eds.), Nietzsche, Power and Politics: Rethinking Nietzsche's Legacy for Political Thought, Walter De Gruyter. 2008.
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27Amor fati, Amor mundi: History, action and worldliness in Nietzsche and ArendtTijdschrift Voor Filosofie 63 (2). 2001.The purpose of this article is twofold: to examine the origins and ruinous consequences of the teleological conception of history that characterises modernity, and to explore an alternative, non-instrumental conception of history and historical judgement that does not fall prey to the snares inherent in the modern project. To this end, the article draws on insights generated by Nietzsche and Arendt in their respective analyses of the link between history, action and the worldly domain of cultura…Read more
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1131On public happinessSouth African Journal of Philosophy 33 (4). 2014.Theories of happiness usually consider happiness as something that matters to us from a first-person perspective. In this paper, I defend a conception of public happiness that is distinct from private or first-person happiness. Public happiness is presented as a feature of the system of right that defines the political relationship between citizens, as opposed to their personal mental states, desires or well-being. I begin by outlining the main features of public happiness as an Enlightenment id…Read more
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8Nietzsche, Democracy, Time1In Vasti Roodt & Herman W. Siemens (eds.), Nietzsche, Power and Politics: Rethinking Nietzsche's Legacy for Political Thought, Walter De Gruyter. 2008.
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27Manu as a Weapon against Egalitarianism: Nietzsche and Hindu Political PhilosophyIn Vasti Roodt & Herman W. Siemens (eds.), Nietzsche, Power and Politics: Rethinking Nietzsche's Legacy for Political Thought, Walter De Gruyter. 2008.
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7Critical Aspects of Nietzsche’s Relation to Politics and DemocracyIn Vasti Roodt & Herman W. Siemens (eds.), Nietzsche, Power and Politics: Rethinking Nietzsche's Legacy for Political Thought, Walter De Gruyter. 2008.
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44The Loss of the Human: Nietzsche and Arendt on the Predicament of ModernityEthical Perspectives 9 (1): 31-47. 2002.First, a remark on the topic of my paper, which contains an 'and' where one would expect an 'or'. It might seem highly questionable to want to establish a relation between the self-proclaimed 'last anti-political German', teacher of self-overcoming and solitude, and a political thinker with an express commitment to political action and citizen equality. Would a genuine concern with both thinkers not precisely preclude any attempt to fabricate an alliance between them?One way of circumventing thi…Read more
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1679Nietzsche and/or Arendt?In H. Siemens & V. Roodt (ed.), Nietzsche, Power and Politics, De Gruyter. pp. 373-391. 2008.
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15Nietzsche on Rights, Power and the Feeling of PowerIn Vasti Roodt & Herman W. Siemens (eds.), Nietzsche, Power and Politics: Rethinking Nietzsche's Legacy for Political Thought, Walter De Gruyter. 2008.
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13Nietzsche and the Psychology of Mimesis: From Plato to the FührerIn Vasti Roodt & Herman W. Siemens (eds.), Nietzsche, Power and Politics: Rethinking Nietzsche's Legacy for Political Thought, Walter De Gruyter. 2008.
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22Forces and Powers in Nietzsche’s Genealogy of MoralsIn Vasti Roodt & Herman W. Siemens (eds.), Nietzsche, Power and Politics: Rethinking Nietzsche's Legacy for Political Thought, Walter De Gruyter. 2008.
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7The Sacrifice of the Overman as an Expression of the Will to Power: Anti-Political Consequences and Contributions to DemocracyIn Vasti Roodt & Herman W. Siemens (eds.), Nietzsche, Power and Politics: Rethinking Nietzsche's Legacy for Political Thought, Walter De Gruyter. 2008.
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6Thesis )--University of Stellenbosch, 2005
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12Overcoming Resentment. Remarks on the Supra-Moral Ethic of Nietzsche and Hannah ArendtIn Vasti Roodt & Herman W. Siemens (eds.), Nietzsche, Power and Politics: Rethinking Nietzsche's Legacy for Political Thought, Walter De Gruyter. 2008.
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19Nietzsche, Ethical Agency and the Problem of DemocracyIn Vasti Roodt & Herman W. Siemens (eds.), Nietzsche, Power and Politics: Rethinking Nietzsche's Legacy for Political Thought, Walter De Gruyter. 2008.
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