Nietzsche, metaphor, religion / Tim Murphy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Murphy, Tim, 1956-

Series:

SUNY series in contemporary continental philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900.

Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm.

Metaphor.

Religion--Philosophy.

Religion.

Physical Description:

xix, 215 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [2001]

Summary:

Nietzsche argued that metaphor is at the basis of language, concepts, and perception, making it the vehicle by which humans interpret the world. As such, metaphor has profound consequences for the nature of religion and of philosophy. Nietzsche, Metaphor, Religion connects Nietzsche's early writing on rhetoric and metaphor, especially as understood by contemporary French philosophers and literary theorists, with Nietzsche's later writing on religion. The result is a radically anti-foundationalist reading of Nietzsche's 0 "philosophy of religion" as an unending series of metaphoric-literary agons or contests.

Contents:

1 (Re:) Reading Nietzsche on Metaphor and on Religion 1

The Antichrist: Madness or Maturity? 7

(Re:) Reading Nietzsche on Religion 10

(Re:) Reading Nietzsche Writing: "Discourse" vs. "Text" 13

Part I Metaphor and Hermeneutics

2 Nietzsche's Metaphor for Metaphor 21

Ubertragung and Language 24

Ubertragung and Perception 26

Ubertragung and Concepts 30

Catechresis and Identity 33

3 The Structure of Metaphor 37

Ubertragung and Domains Interaction Theory 37

Barthes: Connotation, Cultural Codes, and Domains 39

Metaphor in the Text: Registers 41

Mapping Religion: Nietzsche's Primary Metaphor Domains 45

Case Study I Explicating the Aristocratic Domain 45

Case Study II Explicating the Dionysian Domain 52

Mapping Religion: The Secondary Domains 58

4 Metaphor, Interpretation, and Narrative: Elements of a Nietzschean Theory of Culture 61

Ubertragen and Interpretation 62

Interpretation, Power, and the [characters not reproducible] 67

Narrative Representation and Historical Identity 69

Part II Metaphor and Religion

5 The Religious Body 79

The Sick Body: "Religion" as Hygienic Regime 81

The Priest's Pharmakon 84

Metalipsis: The Religious Errors of Causation 86

6 The "Retroactive Confiscations" of Judaism 95

The "Retroactive Confiscations" of Judaism 97

The Metaphor Domains in Nietzsche's Rendering of Judaism 103

The Signifier "Jew" in the German Christian Metanarrative of European Modernity 104

The Jews in Nietzsche's Counternarrative of Modern European Identity 106

Contemporary Responses to the Issue of Nietzsche's Alleged Anti-Semitism 108

7 Nietzsche's Metaphors for Jesus 111

Hermeneutical Prologue 112

Jesus as Myshkin 114

Jesus as Buddha 118

The Physiology of Jesus' Teachings 119

The Metaphor Domains in Nietzsche's Jesus 120

Contemporary Readings of Nietzsche's Jesus 121

8 Peter, Paul, and Nietzsche: Tracing the Signifier "Christ" through Christian History 127

The Synoptic "Christ" as a Mistranslation of Jesus 128

The Ubertragungen of the Apostle Paul 133

Luther as "the Second Paul" and the German Christian Discourse About Christianity 137

The Ironic Emplotment of Christian History 139

9 Metaphor and the Death of God 143

Metaphor and the Death of God 143

Metalanguage and Metaphor 145

Agonistic Interpretation, Identity, and Religion 147

The Heuristic of Metaphor: Philosophy and Metatheory 152.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-209) and index.

ISBN:

0791450872

0791450880

OCLC:

45888838