Suspicion with a constructive aim

Nietzsche is often associated with Marx and Freud under the label “hermeneutics of suspicion” because his psychological analyses aimed to expose false consciousness in people's received ideas. The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy also emphasizes that he used those analyses to support original theories of the self and provocative proposals for new values. In this account, suspicion is tied to a constructive project: promoting cultural renewal and improving social and psychological life.