The ethics of writing : authorship and legacy in Plato and Nietzsche /
Beginning amidst the tombs of the 'dead' God, and the crematoria at Auschwitz, this book confronts Nietzsche's legacy through the lens of Plato. The key question is how authors can protect against the possible 'deviant readings' of future readers and assess 'the risk of...
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Edinburgh University Press,
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Table of Contents:
- COPYRIGHT; Contents; Acknowledgements; Key to References and Abbreviations; Prologue: Friedrich Nietzsche in Auschwitz, or the Posthumous Return of the Author; Introduction: The Responsibilities of the Writer; 1 The Ethical Opening; 2 The Ethics of Legacy; 3 Signature and Authorship in the Phaedrus; 4 The Textual Estate: Nietzsche and Authorial Responsibility; Conclusion: Creativity versus Containment: The Aesthetic Defence; Bibliography; Index of Names.