Emerson and Self-Reliance

By George Kateb and George Kateb Princeton University

Book Overview

Ralph Waldo Emerson was a great moral philosopher. One of his principle contributions is the theory of self-reliance, a view of democratic individuality. 'Nietzsche was Emerson's best reader, ' and George Kateb provides an accessible reading of Emerson that is friendly to the interests of Nietzsche and to later Nietzscheans such as Weber, Heidegger, Arendt, and Foucault.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742521451
• ISBN13: 9780742521452
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.8"