Nietzsche, metaphor, religion

Author(s)

• Murphy, Tim

Bibliographic Information

Nietzsche, metaphor, religion

Tim Murphy

（SUNY series in contemporary continental philosophy / Dennis J. Schmidt, editor）

State University of New York Press, c2001

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-209) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction 1. (Re:)Reading Nietzsche on Metaphor and on Religion Nietzsche on Metaphor The Antichrist: Madness or Maturity? (Re:)Reading Nietzsche on Religion (Re:)Reading Nietzsche Writing: "Discourse" vs. "Text" PART I. METAPHOR AND HERMENEUTICS 2. Nietzsche's Metaphor for Metaphor The Metaphor for Metaphor Übertragung and Language Übertragung and Perception Übertragung and Concepts Catechresis and Identity 3. The Structure of Metaphor Übertragung and Domains Interaction Theory Barthes: Connotation, Cultural Codes, and Domains Metaphor in the Text: Registers Mapping Religion: Nietzsche's Primary Metaphor Domains Case Study I: Explicating the Aristocratic Domain Case Study II: Explicating the Dionysian Domain Mapping Religion: The Secondary Domains 4. Metaphor, Interpretation, and Narrative: Elements of a Nietzschean Theory of Culture Übertragung and Interpretation Interpretation, Power, and the Agwn Narrative Representation and Historical Identity PART II. METAPHOR AND RELIGION 5. The Religious Body The Sick Body: "Religion" as Hygienic Regime The Priest's Pharmakon Metalipsis: The Religious Errors of Causation 6. The "Retroactive Confiscations" of Judaism The "Retroactive Confiscations" of Judaism The Metaphor Domains in Nietzsche's Rendering of Judaism The Signifier "Jew" in the German Christian Metanarrative of European Modernity The Jews in Nietzsche's Counternarrative of Modern European Identity Contemporary Responses to the Issues of Nietzsche's Alleged Anti-Semitism 7. Nietzsche's Metaphors for Jesus Hermeneutical Prologue Jesus as Myshkin Jesus as Buddha The Physiology of Jesus' Teachings The Metaphor Domains in Nietzsche's Jesus Contemporary Readings of Nietzsche's Jesus 8. Peter, Paul, and Nietzsche: Tracing the Signifier "Christ" through Christian History The Synoptic "Christ" as a Mistranslation of Jesus The Übertragungen of the Apostle Paul Luther as "the Second Paul" and the German Christian Discourse About Christianity The Ironic Emplotment of Christian History 9. Metaphor and the Death of God Metaphor and the Death of God Metalanguage and Metaphor Agonistic Interpretation, Identity, and Religion The Heuristic of Metaphor: Philosophy and Metatheory Notes Bibliography Index

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• NCID: BA54591593
• ISBN:
  • 0791450872
• LCCN: 2001020278
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Albany
• Pages/Volumes: xix, 215 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Subject Headings:
  • FREE : Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA03775001