The "aphoristic form causes difficulty," Nietzsche lamented in 1887, for "today this form is not taken seriously enough." Over a century later, Nietzsche’s Aphoristic Challenge offers the first book-length study in English devoted explicitly to...
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The "aphoristic form causes difficulty," Nietzsche lamented in 1887, for "today this form is not taken seriously enough." Over a century later, Nietzsche’s Aphoristic Challenge offers the first book-length study in English devoted explicitly to Nietzsche’s aphoristic writings, including Human, All Too Human and The Gay Science. The study argues that the function of the aphorism for Nietzsche changes, but can best be understood in terms of excess.
Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations and Sources; Timeline of Key Publications Discussed and their Publishers; Introduction. The Challenge; Part One. Nietzsche and the German Aphoristic Tradition; Chapter One. "They're aphorisms!"; Sentenz and Aphorismus; Lichtenberg's Aphorismen; Chapter Two. Aphoristic Pluralism; Diverse Forms; Undefining the Genre; Part Two. The Turn to the Aphorism; Chapter Three. The Aphoristic Option; An Opportunity; Literature and Science; Chapter Four. An Anarchy of Atoms; The Collection; Aphorisms and Fragments; Part Three. Re-Reading the Aphorism
Chapter Five. An Art of ExegesisWhat Does an Art of Exegesis Mean?; Cross-Textual Interpretation; The Limits of Interpretation; Chapter Six. The Nietzsche Function; Peeking into the Pot; A Wretched Minor Fiction; Part Four. The Aphoristic Paradigm; Chapter Seven. Excess and Ephexis; Aphoristic Excesses; The Ephectic Bent; Bibliography; Index
The "aphoristic form causes difficulty," Nietzsche lamented in 1887, for "today this form is not taken seriously enough." Over a century later, Nietzsche’s Aphoristic Challenge offers the first book-length study in English devoted explicitly to...
mehr
The "aphoristic form causes difficulty," Nietzsche lamented in 1887, for "today this form is not taken seriously enough." Over a century later, Nietzsche’s Aphoristic Challenge offers the first book-length study in English devoted explicitly to Nietzsche’s aphoristic writings, including Human, All Too Human and The Gay Science. The study argues that the function of the aphorism for Nietzsche changes, but can best be understood in terms of excess.
Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations and Sources; Timeline of Key Publications Discussed and their Publishers; Introduction. The Challenge; Part One. Nietzsche and the German Aphoristic Tradition; Chapter One. "They're aphorisms!"; Sentenz and Aphorismus; Lichtenberg's Aphorismen; Chapter Two. Aphoristic Pluralism; Diverse Forms; Undefining the Genre; Part Two. The Turn to the Aphorism; Chapter Three. The Aphoristic Option; An Opportunity; Literature and Science; Chapter Four. An Anarchy of Atoms; The Collection; Aphorisms and Fragments; Part Three. Re-Reading the Aphorism
Chapter Five. An Art of ExegesisWhat Does an Art of Exegesis Mean?; Cross-Textual Interpretation; The Limits of Interpretation; Chapter Six. The Nietzsche Function; Peeking into the Pot; A Wretched Minor Fiction; Part Four. The Aphoristic Paradigm; Chapter Seven. Excess and Ephexis; Aphoristic Excesses; The Ephectic Bent; Bibliography; Index
