| Zdroj: |
Bengtsen, S S 2020, Nietzsche (1844-1900) : the will to power and the university . in R Barnett & A Fulford (eds), Philosophers on the university : reconsidering higher education . Springer, Cham, Debating Higher Education: Philosophical Perspectives, vol. 2, pp. 13-25 . https://doi.org/10.1007%2F978-3-030-31061-5_2 |
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The university today struggles to find its footing in an audit culture and amidst neoliberal discourses that seem to drain the power of the university, causing fatigue and self-doubt. Where is the will to power within universities today, and do they realise how powerful, and full of power, they still and truly are? Drawing on Friedrich Nietzsche’s concept of the will to power [Wille zur Macht] I analyse and discuss what powers universities today possess and have the, often neglected, opportunity to unleash. Nietzsche’s concept of power [Macht] is indeed a complex one, and even though it includes analyses of individual, social and even political behavior and value, it is first and foremost an ontological concept. In Nietzsche the concept of power is closely linked to other core concepts such as the overman [Übermensch] and the dawn [Morgenröte]. Indeed these concepts unfold an ontology of the future and a discussion of the coming of values not yet present and understood. I discuss the particular ontological privilege of the university today as being the herald of thoughts not yet arrived to man, and the bringer of social values not yet comprehended and embraced. This chapter explores the idea of the contemporary and future university through the lense of the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900). The aim of this chapter is to explore the instinct, the will to power [Wille zur Macht], which universities today may be argued to be in need of. This includes an analysis of the concept of power [Macht] in Nietzsche and the ways he links it to knowledge and human growth. I explore the inner being of such institutions, which Nietzsche refers to, and the ideals for education, personal and societal development, which may be detected in selected passages from a sample of Nietzsche’s central works. The analysis is linked to the discussion of higher education today. Here, I discuss the consequences of changing the higher education discourse from one of decline to one of the dawn (daybreak) and a new beginning. Indeed, Nietzsche may help us unfold an ontology of the future university and a discussion of the coming of values not yet present and understood. This includes the privilege of the university today as being the herald of thoughts not yet arrived to man, and the bringer of societal values not yet comprehended and embraced. |
