Le legs du christianisme dans la democratie selon la pensee de nietzsche : essai critique
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Abstract EN:
In the opinion of nietzsche, the democratic movement is the inheritor of the christian movement. It perpetuates the old belief in the equality of souls in face of god, under cover of the doctrine of equal rights for all, that nobody dare to bring the question up again, in spite of the god's death proclamation. Christians, effectively, notice nietzsche, molded a world without heroism, without vitality, which had logically favoured the democratic regime, where everyone, thinking of himself, chooses mediocre pleausures. For that reason, the criticism of christianity and democracy constitutes for him an indispensable step as regards the elaboration of his philosophy. Thus, he recommends the selection of a new aristocracy issued from the superman, in order to give for life, the only possible metaphysics, its value and its consistency.
Abstract FR:
Selon nietzsche, le mouvement democratique est l'heritier du mouvement chretien. Il perpetue l'antique croyance en l'egalite des ames devant dieu, sous le couvert de la doctrine des droits egaux pour tous que personne n'ose remettre en question, malgre la proclamation de la mort de dieu. Les chretiens, en effet, constate nietzsache, ont faconne un monde sans heroisme, sans vitalite qui devait logiquement favoriser le renforcement du regime democratique ou chacun ne pensant qu'a lui se repait des plaisirs mediocres. Du coup, la critique du christianisme et de la democratie constitue pour lui une etape indispensable quant a l'elaboration de sa philosophie. Ainsi, preconise-t-il la selection d'une aristocratie nouvelle issue du surhomme, afin de redonner a la vie, la seule metaphysique possible apres l'effritement du monde suptraterrestre, sa valeur et sa consistance.