Nietzsche, Metaphor, Religion (Suny Series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy) - Softcover

Murphy, Tim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0791450880 ISBN 13: 9780791450888

Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr, 2001

Synopsis

Presents a radically anti-foundationalist reading of Nietzsche's philosophy of religion.

Nietzsche argued that metaphor is at the basis of language, concepts, and perception, making it the vehicle by which humans interpret the world. As such, metaphor has profound consequences for the nature of religion and of philosophy. Nietzsche, Metaphor, Religion connects Nietzsche’s early writings on rhetoric and metaphor, especially as understood by contemporary French philosophers and literary theorists, with Nietzsche’s later writings on religion. The result is a radically anti-foundationalist reading of Nietzsche’s “philosophy of religion” as an unending series of metaphoric-literary agons or contests.

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From the Back Cover:

Nietzsche argued that metaphor is at the basis of language, concepts, and perception, making it the vehicle by which humans interpret the world. As such, metaphor has profound consequences for the nature of religion and of philosophy. Nietzsche, Metaphor, Religion connects Nietzsche's early writings on rhetoric and metaphor, especially as understood by contemporary French philosophers and literary theorists, with Nietzsche's later writings on religion. The result is a radically anti-foundationalist reading of Nietzsche's "philosophy of religion" as an unending series of metaphoric-literary agons or contests.

About the Author:

Tim Murphy teaches in the Department of Religion at Case Western Reserve University.

About this edition

• Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0791450880
• ISBN 13: 9780791450888
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 215