Higgins provides a useful introductory overview of The Gay Science and prepares the reader to confront the book seriously

Mind

Higgins makes excellent observations about Nietzsche's relationship to feminism ... Higgins indicates important ways in which feminists can benefit from reading Nietzsche

Mind

This book offers a lively and 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. She presents a close reading of The Gay Science to show how the numerous literary risks that Nietzsche takes reveal humour to be central to his project. Higgins argues that his use of humour is intended to dislodge readers from their usual somber detachment and to incite imaginative thinking.
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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.
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"Higgens acknowledges Nietzsche's valorization of humor and comedy in his critique of Western thought... Her argument includes ... interesting points." eligious Studies Review

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780195126914
Publisert
2000
Utgiver
Oxford University Press Inc
Vekt
599 gr
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
163 mm
Dybde
25 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, P, UP, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
264