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Polka-Dotted Truth Adam Worden Collages, Scott Abbott
Polka-Dotted Truth Adam Worden Collages, Scott Abbott
Scott Abbott
No abstract provided.
The Disintegration Of Modern Culture. Nietzsche And The Information Age, Edgar Landgraf
The Disintegration Of Modern Culture. Nietzsche And The Information Age, Edgar Landgraf
German Faculty Publications
The article revisits Nietzsche’s provocative claim that the Enlightenment’s emphasis on education and open exchange of information promotes rather than prevents the “loss of meaning” from a media studies and systems theoretical perspective. Nietzsche in fact ties what he understands as modern culture’s disintegration to information-processing modes of modern society, that is, as effects of the modern educational system and the mass media (at his time, the printing press). The article argues that while Nietzsche is an astute observer of modernity, his call for a return to a more authentic culture (with its daunting political implications) is indicative of Nietzsche’s …
Albert Camus And Friedrich Nietzsche: At The Crossroads Of Philosophy And Literature, Ann Taylor
Albert Camus And Friedrich Nietzsche: At The Crossroads Of Philosophy And Literature, Ann Taylor
Ann Connolly
Western philosophy essentially began as a dramatic form in the dialogues of Plato, but quickly was converted to a subject for study, something analyzed, systematized, and to a large extent removed from everyday experience. Indeed, most think of philosophy as a subject that has no relevance to common existence, even though it undoubtedly always begins there. Attempt at dialogue, or dramatic form of any kind, in philosophy since Plato has generally been either ignored or ineffective. However, with Friedrich Nietzsche, literary forms other than the treatise were re-introduced to Western philosophy in such a way that they no longer could …
Immortal For Quite Some Time: Princeton, Scott Abbott
Immortal For Quite Some Time: Princeton, Scott Abbott
Scott Abbott
No abstract provided.
Why "Howl"?, Scott Abbott
A Reasonable Dictionary, Scott Abbott
'That Sweet And So On': Peter Handke's Yugoslavia Work, Scott Abbott
'That Sweet And So On': Peter Handke's Yugoslavia Work, Scott Abbott
Scott Abbott
No abstract provided.