Nietzsche as Cultural Physician
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In this new interpretation of Nietzsche's thought, Daniel Ahern examines Nietzsche's understanding of physiology and argues that Nietzsche saw himself in the role of a ''physician'' of culture. Through what he calls Nietzsche's ''clinical standpoint, '' Ahern describes Nietzsche's views on the history of Western culture in terms of the ''physiological dynamics'' of exhaustion, decadence, sickness, and health. This physiology is a simultaneous interpretation...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:027103050X
ISBN13:9780271030500
Release Date:September 1995
Publisher:Penn State University Press
Length:224 Pages
Weight:0.75 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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