The fallacies of the idea of progress according to Nietzsche - doi: 10.4025/actascihumansoc.v33i1.9139

We present the criticisms by Nietzsche of the modern concept of “progress”, understood as an improvement in the human condition in its material and moral perspective, and of the way such concept was revealed in the philosophical interpretation of history and in the development of modern technologies...

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Autor: Bittencourt, Renato Nunes
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM)
Repositorio:Acta Scientiarum. Human and Social Sciences (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:periodicos.uem.br/ojs:article/9139
Acceso en línea:http://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciHumanSocSci/article/view/9139
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Nietzsche
progress
teleology
modernity
moral
progresso
teleologia
modernidade
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Sumario:We present the criticisms by Nietzsche of the modern concept of “progress”, understood as an improvement in the human condition in its material and moral perspective, and of the way such concept was revealed in the philosophical interpretation of history and in the development of modern technologies as an extension of Christian morality. To Nietzsche, the idea of progress is a fable resulting from a poor existential interpretation of life, as such a concept does not necessarily represent a vital development and improvement of the creative forces of human beings, meaning perhaps their organic decline and a valuative distancing from the immanent experience of existence.