The Problem of Affective Nihilism in Nietzsche

as such"

                                                          iv.      Life-denying morality: The harm of the "the Good"

                                                            v.      Life-denying epistemic orientations and practices

c.       Life-denial as socio-cultural: institutions and ideologies



d.      Life-denial as psychophysiological: drives, affects, and the will

e.       Conclusion

 

4        Before Affective Nihilism, Understanding Affect

a.       Introduction

b.      Affect in Nietzsche

                                                              i.      Affects as inclinations and disinclinations (with a first-personal, phenomenal character) that produce beliefs, experience, and behavior

                                                            ii.      Affects as drive-induced evaluative orientations

                                                          iii.      Second-order affects and the transpersonal nature of affect

c.       Conclusion

 

5        The Problem of Affective Nihilism

a.       Introduction

b.      Affective nihilism

                                                              i.      On the problem of affective nihilism

                                                            ii.      The psychophysiology of affective nihilism

                                                          iii.      The transpersonal dynamics of affective nihilism

c.       Conclusion

 

6        Affective Nihilists, Weak Agents

a.       Introduction

b.      Affective nihilists, weak agents: nihilism as a (variety of) psychological states                                                              i.      N1: Affective nihilism involving drive suppression



                                                            ii.      N2: Affective nihilism involving the fragmentation of the will

c.       Conclusion

7        Who is Nietzsche's Affective Nihilist?: Thinking Cognitive Nihilism, Affective Nihilism, and their Interplay

a.       Introduction

b.      The scope of affective nihilism in Nietzsche

c.       A crucial interplay: The relationship between affective and cognitive nihilism

d.      Conclusion

 

8        Overcoming Affective Nihilism a.       Introduction



b.      Affective nihilism, redux: Getting the problem in full viewc.       Overcoming affective nihilism: What it isn't



d.      Overcoming affective nihilism: What it is

                                                              i.      Psychophysiological and affective features

                                                            ii.      Characteristic beliefs, judgments, and epistemic tendencies manifest by the individual with an attitude of radical affirmation

                                                          iii.      An ability to maintain the conditions of one's flourishing

e.       Nietzschean Strategies for Overcoming Affective Nihilism

                                                              i.      Experimentation and the production of affect

                                                            ii.      Self-knowledge as self-narration

                                                          iii.      Self-genealogy: Learning to master the affects and creating the conditions of one's flourishingf.        Conclusion