Comic Relief: Nietzsche's Gay Science

ISBN-13: 9780195126914 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 264 str.

Kathleen Marie Higgins

Opis

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.

Recenzje

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