Winkler, Rafael (2007) Nietzsche and l'elan technique: technics, life, and the production of time. Continental Philosophy Review, Vol.40 (No.1). pp. 73-90. doi:10.1007/s11007-006-9033-2 ISSN 1387-2842.

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Abstract

In this paper we examine Nietzsche's relation to the life sciences of his time and to Darwinism in particular, arguing that his account of the will to power in terms of technics eschews three metaphysical prejudices, hylemorphism, utilitarianism, and teleological thinking. Telescoping some of Nietzsche's pronouncements on the will to power with a Bergsonian lens, our reading of the will to power, as an operation productive of time, the future or life, offers an alternative to Heidegger's. Rather than being reducible to a technics of domination or mastery, the will to power, we argue, is best interpreted as a technics of material forces that recasts all things past and future, near and far, moment by moment.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Philosophy
Journal or Publication Title:	Continental Philosophy Review
Publisher:	Springer
ISSN:	1387-2842
Official Date:	March 2007
Dates:	Date Event March 2007 Published
Volume:	Vol.40
Number:	No.1
Number of Pages:	18
Page Range:	pp. 73-90
DOI:	10.1007/s11007-006-9033-2
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access

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