Critical Theory, Poststructuralism and 'Nietzsche's Paradox'

When Nietzsche and Philosophy published in 1962, its Nietzschean critique of Hegelian dialectics played a pivotal role in the emergence of the current of thought we call poststructuralism. However, to what extent is this critique valid and justified? This book explores this through Nietzsche's influence in both Deleuze and Adorno.

Nektarios Kastrinakis (PhD, York, UK) is an unaffiliated independent scholar at the moment. His research interests are in Critical Theory (particularly Adorno), poststructuralism (particularly Deleuze) and Marxism (particularly Open Marxism) and the disciplines of political philosophy, philosophy and sociology.

Introduction. Chapter 1: Nietzsche, the philosopher of the unconscious and of nonidentity. Chapter 2: Deleuze's project as it unfolds in Nietzsche and Philosophy, Difference and Repetition and Anti-Oedipus. Chapter 3: Adorno's project as it unfolds in Dialectic of Enlightenment and Negative Dialectics. Chapter 4: Deleuze's and Adorno's Nietzsche, 'Nietzsche's paradox' and a critical debate between Critical Theory and poststructuralism over dialectics. Conclusion: the theoretical and political consequences of our argument for the thought of Nietzsche, poststructuralism and Critical Theory