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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778715403321

Autore

Higgins Kathleen Marie

Titolo

Comic relief [[electronic resource] ] : Nietzsche's Gay science / / Kathleen Marie Higgins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2000

ISBN

0-19-773010-8

1-280-47191-3

0-19-535202-5

0-585-36343-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (264 p.)

Disciplina

193

Soggetti

Philosophy

Religion - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-232) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; ONE: Frolicking Wissenschaft; TWO: Nietzsche's Nursery Rhymes; Interlude 1: Nietzsche in the Movies; THREE: Aesthetic Perspectivism; Interlude 2: Why Not Call It ""Deconstruction""?; FOUR: Woman, All-Too-Woman?; Interlude 3: A Fool's Cap, Above All; FIVE: God Is Dead; Interlude 4: Become Who You Are; SIX: Eternal Recurrence: Not Again!; SEVEN: Zarathustra Lives; Coda: Nietzsche's Dog; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

This text offers a unorthodox analysis of Nietzsche by examining a neglected aspect of his scholarly personality - his sense of humour. While often thought of as ponderous and melancholy, the Nietzsche of Higgins's study is a surprisingly subtle and light-hearted writer.