The Kolleg Friedrich Nietzsche of the Klassik Stiftung Weimar has announced a conference in conjunction with the University of Jena on the theme of “Transzendentalpoesie oder Dichtkunst mit Begriffen – Friedrich Schlegel und Friedrich Nietzsche”.
The event takes place between 18-20 October at the Institute of Philosophy in Jena.
Here’s the description:
Richard Rorty zufolge wird die moderne [...]
Archive for September, 2007
Conference: Nietzsche and Friedrich Schlegel
Posted in Events on September 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Nietzsche and Jewish thought
Posted in Miscellaneous on September 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Here is an interesting essay by David Ohana on Nietzsche’s reception in modern Hebrew culture. Since the article first appeared (in 1995), the subject has been covered more fully by Jacob Golomb in his Nietzsche and Zion; but it’s still a good introduction to this fascinating chapter in the history of the big man’s influence.
Nietzsche and Europe
Posted in Publications on September 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Volume 14 of Nietzscheforschung, the yearbook of the Friedrich Nietzsche-Gesellschaft, has just been published. Contributors explore Nietzsche’s conceptions of Europe and Europeanness, as well as the reception of his ideas by later thinkers.
Uncyclopedia
Posted in Humour on September 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The Uncylopedia entry on Nietzsche is here. Very silly. Or just plain dumb.
Xena as Ueberbabe
Posted in Miscellaneous on September 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Self-explanatory; here.
Nietzsche Society (US) meeting
Posted in Events on September 24, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Nietzsche Society 2007 Meeting
Chicago, Thursday, November 11, 2007, Time: 9 AM – 12 PM
Westin River Hotel, 320 N. Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois. Meeting with SPEP in Westin Hotel, Promenade B.
Thursday, November 11, 2007, Time: 9 AM – 12 PM
“Subjectivity without Subjects,” Joshua Andresen (American University of Beirut)
“Gratitude and Giving in Nietzsche,” Lorraine Markotic (University [...]
Going underground . . . .
Posted in Uncategorized on September 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The Mole is off for a well-earned break. Back in a few days . . .
Nietzsche podcast
Posted in News & media on September 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Joseph Brisendine, a PhD candidate at the New School for Social Research, pops up to discuss Nietzsche’s philosophy over at the Infidel Guy Show. Here.
Tats for tits
Posted in Miscellaneous on September 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve heard that some people like to get a certain Nietzsche quote inked on their skin:
But some damn fool has gone one step further:
Some are fond of wearing socialism on their sleeve:
But surely, if you’re going to go to those lengths, you may as well get Marx done:
Scruton on the sacred and the human
Posted in Miscellaneous on September 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
In the August issue of Prospect, Roger Scruton takes a swing at the recent anti-God polemics by the likes of Christopher Hitchens and Richard Dawkins. Drawing heavily on René Girard’s account of the sacred, and contrasting it with Nietzsche’s genealogy of Judaeo-Christianity, he argues that religion must not be seen simply as a cause of violence, but also [...]
