RETHINKING THE DEMAND FOR WILL TO POWER: DIFFERENT VERSION OF THE CONCEPT OF POWER

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Assistant Professor; Political Science Department, University of Tehran

2 Ph.D Student; Political Science of Islamic Azad University

Abstract

Will to Power is an important concept in Nietzsche’s thought. His approach in
relation to concepts such as strength of will, freedom, influence and responsibility is
placed. Will to Powerin the sense of human life and his works are based on logic
and reason Jmlgy men are servants of the stretch. This stretch whenever the power
fails, the collapse of civilization and the decline of life appear. The desire for power
is the most important concept in Nietzsche’s thought centered "life" is considered in
a manner that makes the realm of imagination and action. Truth, values, knowledge
systems and knowledge as a manifestation of this request. This article aims to
examine the ontological and epistemological foundations for better understanding of
Nietzsche's thought, the idea of ”the will to power” is . Nietzsche's critique of
philosophy, ethics, Christian, Scientologist and modern humans, and it ended
philosophy into a new way of holism and Antzaygry abandoned and the path that
leads to it being philosophy - called aesthetic. The results of his philosophical
outlook, collapsing in a hierarchical system of science, society and the formation of
attitudes in which the fundamental role of culture in the present. Nietzsche 's thought
on power rather than military means ( power Weberian sense ), the basis of "culture"
and the emphasis is on the same cultural foundations of power politics is an
important new approach.

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POLITICAL QUARTERLY
Volume 43, Issue 3 - Serial Number 3
December 2013
Pages 237-256

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History

  • Receive Date: 25 December 2010
  • Revise Date: 30 December 2013
  • Accept Date: 18 October 2011

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