Ecumenism, diversity and disability in Nietzsche

The inoculation of the new and the cultivation of cultures in Human, all too human.

Abstract

This article intends to present and discuss aspects related to the cultivation of cultures, as presented in Human, all too human, emphasizing the importance of setting ecumenical objectives for such a task, as well as the role of the diversity and disability within that dynamics. Guided by a naturalistic tendency and ecumenical principles, guided by the knowledge of the specific conditions of gestation of each culture, Nietzsche's hypotheses seek to oppose the imminence of tyranny based on an all-encompassing universal knowledge, without thereby bequeathing the fate of cultures to chance. On the other hand, at the same time that they demarcate a critical position in relation to Spencerian sociobiology, they also provide elements for thinking about deficiencies beyond their usual understanding. That is, not only as deficiencies to be suppressed by physical and psychic leveling – in relation to the mediocrity and homogeneity proper to social groupings, submitted to a certain logic of efficiency – but as transvaluative powers that, through the inclusion or inoculation of the diverse, would prevent dullness and promote – in a specific sense – the progress of a culture.