Abstract
F. Nietzsche’s subjectivist approach to the nature of values and their revaluation remains pertinent within the framework of contemporary concepts emphasising the importance of individual worldviews and subjective perceptions of values, offering an alternative to objective interpretations of value and truth. This article aimed to examine the practical application of F. Nietzsche’s concept of revaluation of values through the lens of postmodernism. A systemic approach, the historical comparative method, and the method of philosophical reconstruction were employed in this analysis. The axiological dimensions of F. Nietzsche’s philosophy were scrutinised, with a particular focus on his critique of decadence values, viewed through the philosopher’s subjectivist stance on value formation. The article explored the applicability of F. Nietzsche’s idea of “revaluation of values” for critically analysing the “absurd” value systems propagated by postmodernism. These systems promote nihilism, relativism, scepticism, the rejection of absolute truth, existential purposelessness, fatalism, the denial of objective morality, and disillusionment with religion. Postmodern constructs were evaluated concerning their potentially detrimental impact on individual self-affirmation and social cohesion, as the absence of universal values and the rejection of truth’s attainability foster ideological manipulations disguised as pluralism and multiculturalism. The practical contribution of this article lies in proposing an ontological criterion for assessing the authenticity of absurd value systems and social constructs