Following Nietzsche's call for a philosopher-physician and his own use of the bodily language of health and illness as tools to diagnose the ailments of the body politic, this book offers a reconstruction of the concept of political physiology in Nietzsche's thought, bridging gaps between Anglo-American, German and French schools of interpretation.

'This is an important and highly innovative appreciation of Nietzsche which offers fresh and arresting insights into both core and neglected aspects of his philosophy. It makes central to Nietzsche's project the thought of eternal return and provides a novel interpretation of it as the cornerstone of his political ontology. The author convincingly argues that Nietzsche's celebrated affirmation of life needs to be translated into a political vision for humankind. Highly recommended.' - Keith Ansell-Pearson, Professor of Philosophy, University of Warwick

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NANDITA BISWAS MELLAMPHY is Assistant Professor of Political Theory, and core faculty in the Centre for the Study of Theory and Criticism at The University of Western Ontario. Her research focuses on Nietzsche's political thought and its influence on contemporary interdisciplinary theory. She is also an exponent of the classical Indian dance style of Bharatanatya and has toured extensively in North America.

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Preface Introduction: The Mnemotechnics Of Nihilism and the Political Physiology of Eternal Recurrence The Displaced 'Origin' of Political Physiology The Economic Problem of Production: Nature, Culture, Life The Dynamics of Opposition and the Transformation of the Ubermensch Self Annihilation and the Metamorphosis of Nihilism The Pathology of Amor Fati: Eros and Eschaton Novum Organum: The Overhuman as the Overmanifold Postface: The Transmigration of Homo Natura Notes Bibliography Index