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A matter of taste: Nietzsche and the structure of affective response

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Drapela, N
Published in: Inquiry (United Kingdom)
January 2, 2020

Nietzsche’s work is filled with references to taste. He frequently expresses his own judgements of taste and criticizes or praises individuals and groups on account of their taste. Some recent attempts to account for Nietzsche’s understanding of taste argue that Nietzsche understands affective response, when guided by good taste, as being appropriate to, or merited by, the intrinsic features of the object. This is in direct contrast to anti-realist accounts of Nietzsche’s taste, according to which his evaluative judgements have no special epistemic status. In this article, I argue against objectivist or universalist readings of Nietzsche’s judgements of taste. However, in doing so I aim to show that affective responses do not thereby turn out to be arbitrary. Nietzsche suggests that by engaging with one’s affective responses, one can organizes them into a coherent and unified taste. This process of unification is central to Nietzsche’s understanding of value and self-creation.

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Inquiry (United Kingdom)

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1502-3923

ISSN

0020-174X

Publication Date

January 2, 2020

Volume

63

Issue

1

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85 / 103

Related Subject Headings

  • 5003 Philosophy
  • 2203 Philosophy
 

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Drapela, N. (2020). A matter of taste: Nietzsche and the structure of affective response. Inquiry (United Kingdom), 63(1), 85–103. https://doi.org/10.1080/0020174X.2019.1669979
Drapela, N. “A matter of taste: Nietzsche and the structure of affective response.” Inquiry (United Kingdom) 63, no. 1 (January 2, 2020): 85–103. https://doi.org/10.1080/0020174X.2019.1669979.
Drapela N. A matter of taste: Nietzsche and the structure of affective response. Inquiry (United Kingdom). 2020 Jan 2;63(1):85–103.
Drapela, N. “A matter of taste: Nietzsche and the structure of affective response.” Inquiry (United Kingdom), vol. 63, no. 1, Jan. 2020, pp. 85–103. Scopus, doi:10.1080/0020174X.2019.1669979.
Drapela N. A matter of taste: Nietzsche and the structure of affective response. Inquiry (United Kingdom). 2020 Jan 2;63(1):85–103.

Published In

Inquiry (United Kingdom)

DOI

EISSN

1502-3923

ISSN

0020-174X

Publication Date

January 2, 2020

Volume

63

Issue

1

Start / End Page

85 / 103

Related Subject Headings

  • 5003 Philosophy
  • 2203 Philosophy