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Comic relief : Nietzsche's Gay science / Kathleen Marie Higgins.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Higgins, Kathleen M., author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900 Fröhliche Wissenschaft.
- Philosophy.
- Religion--Philosophy.
- Religion.
- Local Subjects:
- Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900 Fröhliche Wissenschaft.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (264 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2000.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-773010-8
- 1-280-47191-3
- 0-19-535202-5
- 0-585-36343-9
- OCLC:
- 560170266
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