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The Returns of History: Russian Nietzscheans After Modernity (S U N Y Series, Margins of Literature)
Throwing new light on the important thesis about the influence of Friedrich Nietzsche on Russian formalists and Russian modernism, this book presents this theme in the context of relevant research, and convincingly defines the extent of the claims advanced in the body of the text. The author's close readings and competent incorporation of critical literature paradigmatically exemplify the truth of how precisely indeed literature 'reflects' the life of human societies; equally importantly, they also show that literature reveals its secrets only to the gaze of astute and alert readers. Together with a thorough knowledge and pertinent application of the scholarship in the field, and with frequent flashes of revealing insights and suggestive connections, close readings constitute the book's most consistently outstanding aspect, giving it increasingly more depth and dimension..
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Why We Are Not Nietzscheans
"To think with Nietzsche against Nietzsche " Thus the editors describe the strategy adopted in this volume to soften the destructive effects of Nietzsche's "philosophy with a hammer" on French philosophy since the 1960s. Frustrated by the infinite inclusiveness of deconstructionism, the contributors to this volume seek to renew the Enlightenment quest for rationality. Though linked by no common dogma, these essays all argue that the "French Nietzsche" transmitted through the deconstructionists must be reexamined in light of the original context in which Nietzsche worked. Each essay questions the viability of Nietzsche's thought in the modern world, variously critiquing his philosophy of history as obsessed with hierarchy, his views on religion and art as myopic and irrational, and his stance on science as hopelessly reactionary. Contending that we must abandon the Nietzsche propped up as patron saint by French deconstructionists in order to return to reason, these essays will stimulate debate not just among Nietzscheans but among all with a stake in modern French philosophy. Contributors are Alain Boyer, André Compte-Sponville, Vincent Descombes, Luc Ferry, Robert Legros, Philippe Raynaud, Alain Renault, and Pierre-André Taguieff. .
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Heirs to Dionysus: A Nietzschean Current in Literary Modernism
-"Fosters principal concern is to document Nietzsche's creative impact on literary modernism. . . . By virtue of its critical flair and its breadth of scope this book will appeal to a wide audience of scholars. . . . Heirs to Dionysus comfortably surpasses most previous attempts to chart the problematic course of Nietzsche's influence and bids fair to set the standard for future work in the field." -David S. 'Thatcher, Modern Language Quarterly "The title promises a great deal. and the book lives up to its title. . . . Foster quickly demonstrates his credentials as a bona fide comparatist, one who can deal sensitively with native nuances in the Anglo-American, French, German, and Russian traditions. . . The discordant sound of axe-grinding never once disturbs Foster's unflamboyant, sophisticated attention to those central texts which arc deeply marked by the Modernist encounter with Nietzsche, and he should be congratulated on the steadiness and clarity with which he addresses a rich, diverse set of major writers in the three most powerful branches of the novel during the first half of our century." -Gerald Gillespie, Comparative Literature John Burt Foster. teaches comparative literature George Mason University, where he Associate Professor of English and European Studies..
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Nietzschean Defense of Democracy: An Experiment in Postmodern Politics
In A Nietzschean Defense of Democracy, Hatab offers a new, postmodern account of democracy, freed from the traditional assumptions embodied in the Enlightenment project. Hatab advances a two-fold argument: first, that Nietzsche was wrong to repudiate democracy since democratic politics can be more amenable to his way of thinking than he imagined; second, Nietzsche was right to critique fundamental flaws in traditional democratic theory, especially the modernist emphasis on human equality, rational subjectivity, and natural rights. .
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Europe: A Nietzschean Perspective (Routledge Advances in European Politics, 11)
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Human, All-Too-Human Hulet, A Fin de Siecle Nietzschean Retrospective
Based on Frederick Nietzsche's book of the same title, it is a collection of aphorisms and brief essays on American culture and current political history; the subtitle explains it as "A Nietzschean Retrospective." The section titled War and Peace reveals a source of much of this nation's foreign and domestic policies formulated by academia from the early fifties through the seventies. The poetry at the end of the volume has been produced as spoken word accompanied by cello and guitar on a new CD : Oliver Stone wrote that "it revealed a gloomy but powerful musical presence".
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A Nietzschean Bestiary: Becoming Animal Beyond Docile and Brutal
Nietzsche's use of metaphor has been widely noted but rarely focused to explore specific images in great detail. A Nietzschean Bestiary gathers essays devoted to the most notorious and celebrated beasts in Nietzsche's work. The essays illustrate Nietzsche's ample use of animal imagery, and link it to the dual philosophical purposes of recovering and revivifying human animality, which plays a significant role in his call for de-deifying nature. Visit our website for sample chapters!.
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