Paul Katsafanas, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Boston University

Paul Katsafanas is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Boston University. He works on topics at the interface of ethics and philosophy of mind, including the nature of agency and motivation; the structure of self-consciousness; and the way in which normative claims might be justified. He addresses these topics in part by mining the work of nineteenth-century philosophers including Nietzsche. His recent publications include Agency and the Foundations of Ethics: Nietzschean Constitutivism (OUP, 2013), 'Fugitive Pleasure and the Meaningful Life: Nietzsche on Nihilism and Higher Values' (Journal of the American Philosophical Association, 2015), and 'Fanaticism and Sacred Values' (Philosophers' Imprint, 2018).

"... elegantly-written, with complex exegetical work, philosophical discussion, and historical scholarship woven neatly into an admirably clear and readable whole." -- Sabrina Little, Journal of Moral Philosophy

" an important book that all scholars interested in Nietzsche's views on mind and agency will need to study carefully." --Journal of Nietzsche Studies

" For anyone teaching a seminar on Nietzsche or the history of moral psychology, I can recommend without reservation putting The Nietzschean Self on your syllabus. It may be possible to write a better book on Nietzsche's moral psychology, but no one has done so yet." -- British Journal for the History of Philosophy

" The book is clear and engaging. Katsafanas makes judicious use of concepts and theories from more recent philosophical psychology to illuminate Nietzsche's views, and he offers detailed, insightful discussions of relevant secondary literature." --Mind

" this volume deserves to be read seriously by all those with an interest in Nietzsche and moral psychology." --Ethics

" The picture Katsafanas offers is compelling, well articulated, and well defended. The book adds to our understanding of several timely debates, and thus should be read by anyone interested in Nietzsche's moral psychology." --Dialogue