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"Political Correctness" als Kern der Politik: Mit Nietzsche gegen die neue Rechte
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Abstract The article develops the concept of "political judgement" - a new, affirmative understanding of the phenomena which are criticized as "political correctness" by both right-wing and liberal commentators To that end, it takes the right's claims, that "political correctness" is slave morality in Nietzs... view more
The article develops the concept of "political judgement" - a new, affirmative understanding of the phenomena which are criticized as "political correctness" by both right-wing and liberal commentators To that end, it takes the right's claims, that "political correctness" is slave morality in Nietzsche’s sense seriously and proposes a systematic reading of a right-nietzschean position Connecting current "political-correctness"-critique and Nietzsche in this way allows for a deeper understanding of the right-wing rationality and the affective energy underlying the critique Through contrasting this right-nietzschean reading with its systematic opposite, a left-nietzschean position, the article shows that the essence of politics is to design norms which distribute privilege What is critically labelled "political correctness" is, thus, better captured by the notion of „political judgment“, because - given an interest in emancipation - such politics should not be demonized when they limit the freedom provided by undeserved privileges.... view less
Keywords
privilege; criticism; The New Right; political right; emancipation; Nietzsche, F.; racism
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Philosophy, Ethics, Religion
Free Keywords
political correctness; Alt Right; contemporary critique; homophobia; political judgment; Homophobie
Document language
German
Publication Year
2020
Page/Pages
p. 167-176
Journal
Archiv für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie - Beihefte (2020) 164
Issue topic
Die Krise des demokratischen Rechtsstaats im 21. Jahrhundert
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0