More than any other thinker it was Nietzsche who explored the concept of freedom with regard to reactivity: is it possible to freely act in a Master morality without being doomed to isolation? Doesn’t the interaction with others deprive one from any independent choice? In this seminar we will discuss these questions with the help of philosophers (Nietzsche, Sartre, Levinas, Butler), psychoanalysts (Freud, Lacan, Kristeva) and literary texts.