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Nietzsche's noontide friend : the self as metaphoric double

Author: Sheridan Hough
Publisher: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©1997.
Series: Literature and philosophy.
Edition/Format:   Book : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Hough argues that Nietzsche's favorite way to describe the self is to use opposed pairs of metaphors. The sea and the land, the pursuit of archaeology and the "granite stratum" of the self, the child and pregnancy, are tropes he uses to show the self as both an active critic of culture and a creation of that culture. Noon and shadow exemplify this dual thinking. The free spirit, according to Nietzsche, is dogged by
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Hough, Sheridan, 1961-
Nietzsche's noontide friend.
University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c1997
(OCoLC)605111506
Named Person: Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche; Friedrich Nietzsche
Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Sheridan Hough
ISBN: 0271016493 9780271016498
OCLC Number: 35270014
Description: xxv, 158 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: 1. Ontology: the 'granite stratum' and its 'archaeology' --
2. Epistemology: the 'land' and the 'sea' --
3. Psychology: 'noon' and 'shadow' --
4. Diagnosis: the 'child' and 'pregnancy'.
Series Title: Literature and philosophy.
Responsibility: Sheridan Hough.

Abstract:

Hough argues that Nietzsche's favorite way to describe the self is to use opposed pairs of metaphors. The sea and the land, the pursuit of archaeology and the "granite stratum" of the self, the child and pregnancy, are tropes he uses to show the self as both an active critic of culture and a creation of that culture. Noon and shadow exemplify this dual thinking. The free spirit, according to Nietzsche, is dogged by a shadow, a shadow cast by the free spirit's efforts to overcome himself. Perfect noon - emblematic of the Ubermensch - is the moment of ecstatic release for the free spirit. Thus the Ubermensch is not a separate "superhuman" being but rather an ecstatic moment in the experience of free spirits.

Hough succeeds in showing that the doubleness motif strikes deeper into the heart of Nietzsche's thinking than has been realized. Favorite Nietzschean images, such as that of pregnancy, suddenly take on new meaning when considered in this light. Careful to avoid a reductionist view, Hough adds significantly to our understanding of Nietzsche's contribution to modern thought.

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