Abstract:
This article aims at elucidating the relations between the modern contractualist tradition and the Nietzschean notion of "State" that is present inGenealogy of morality. In order to fulfill this task, we shall begin by examining Nietzsche's argument about the emergence of "State," presented in sections § 16 and § 17 from the second dissertation of his book. In a second moment, we shall briefly summarize the position of three classic social contract theorists: Hobbes, Rousseau, and Locke. The first two parts of our work will serve as premises from which we shall promote the confrontation between Nietzsche and contractualists. This procedure will give us the opportunity to present a secondary problem, namely the question of the "society" of the "blond beasts" thought from the contractualist notion of pact.
Keywords
Contractualism; subject; will to power; bad conscience; blond beast; State