Nietzschean modes of gender construction in a post-feminist age

Serning, Niklas; Lyon, Nina

Abstract

An arrogance of certainty besets discourses of gender in today’s culture, and denigrating as well as overly affirming accounts of masculinity leave the
individual man at risk of either self-loathing or self-aggrandizing. This article will look at various lay accounts of masculinity and the dynamics of its
construction in opposition to culturally dominant moral codes, and will interrogate the underlying philosophical positions at work through Nietzsche’s Genealogy of Morality. In doing so, we propose that it is helpful to see Nietzsche as an early philosopher of difference, and embrace a less fixed approach to ontologies of gender accordingly.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jun 28, 2016
• Publication Date: Oct 21, 2016
• Deposit Date: Oct 31, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 21, 2017
• Journal: Self & Society
• Print ISSN: 0306-0497
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 44
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 204-214
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/03060497.2016.1227525
• Keywords: masculinity, resentment, Nietzsche, feminism, Reddit, Mumsnet
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/923136
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03060497.2016.1227525
• Related Public URLs: http://www.serning.com
• Additional Information: Additional Information : This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Self & Society on 21 October 2016, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/03060497.2016.1227525
• Contract Date: Oct 31, 2016