Is There an Actor Behind the Act? (Peter Hallward)

In this episode CRMEP's Peter Hallward revisits Nietzsche's famous claim that there is no 'doer' behind the 'deed'. Nietzsche's claim was taken up by a wide range of radical innovative thinkers in the 1960s and 70s - notably Michel Foucault. Acknowledging the importance of this appropriation, Peter nevertheless suggests why we need to rethink the claim if we are to be able to conceive of ourselves as active members of a political community.