Comic relief : Nietzsche's Gay science / Kathleen Marie Higgins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Higgins, Kathleen Marie.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900. Fröhliche Wissenschaft.

Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm.

Philosophy.

Religion--Philosophy.

Religion.

Physical Description:

xii, 249 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.

Summary:

This book offers a lively and unorthodox analysis of Nietzsche by examining a neglected aspect of his scholarly personality -- his sense of humor. While often thought of as ponderous and melancholy, the Nietzsche of Higgins's study is a surprisingly subtle and light-hearted writer. She presents a close reading of The Gay Science to show how the numerous literary risks that Nietzsche takes reveal humor to be central to his project. Higgins argues that his use of humor is intended to dislodge readers from their usual, somber detachment and to incite imaginative thinking.

Contents:

Frolicking Wissenschaft

Nietzche's nursery rhymes: interlude 1, Nietzsche in the movies

Aesthetic perspectivism: interlude 2, why not call it "deconstruction"?

Woman, all-too-woman? interlude 3: a fool's cap, above all

God is dead: interlude 4, become who you are

Eternal recurrence: not again!

Zarathustra lives: coda, Nietzsche's dog.

Notes:

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

ISBN:

0195126912

OCLC:

40698593