Date of Award
8-2008
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Philosophy
Supervisor
Diane Enns
Language
English
Abstract
Friedrich Nietzsche is often supposed to represent an end to ideas central to Enlightenment thinking such as human maturation, power, and progress. Through an examination of the work of Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, and especially that of Richard Rorty, this thesis develops and defends an argument based on Nietzsche's thinking on contingency and creation in order to make clear the ways in which we can see in the philosophical reaction to Nietzsche's thought resources for a renewed faith in Enlightenment thinking.
Recommended Citation
Harris, Daniel, "Nietzsche, Rorty, and Enlightemnent" (2008). Open Access Dissertations and Theses. Paper 5651.
http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/opendissertations/5651
McMaster University Library