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Friedrich Nietzsche (review)

Friedrich Nietzsche (review) interested in an intelligent reading that is not naturalistically reductive but nuanced by interpretative stratagems, this book deserves serious consideration. Another feature that distinguishes Hatab's approach from more scientific renditions of eternal recurrence is his apprehension of the religious influences and motifs underlying Nietzsche's preoccupation with overcoming. Nietzsche, it is argued, "connects eternal recurrence with Greek mystery religion" (104); and the "literal force" of eternal recurrence is found in the kind of "religious effect" that "Nietzsche's myth" has on others. According to Hatab, the force of this literal interpretation of the myth is not consonant with a factual account. But he also denies that the "what if" stance can be sustained for existential purposes. His approach therefore has the performative advantage of rendering the myth a Dionysian potency--thereby implying that science alone cannot capture the full force of Nietzsche's life imperative. (The author candidly defers analysis of the scientific dimension of eternal recurrence to more qualified specialists.) For seasoned and unseasoned observers alike, this deployment of what Hatab calls "mimetic literality" obviates any old-fashioned errors and sets the stage for analysis beyond any simple existential or ethical reading of Nietzsche. Hatab's aim is to grasp the fundamental "selective http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Journal of Nietzsche Studies Penn State University Press

Friedrich Nietzsche (review)

The Journal of Nietzsche Studies , Volume 42 (1) – Nov 4, 2011

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interested in an intelligent reading that is not naturalistically reductive but nuanced by interpretative stratagems, this book deserves serious consideration. Another feature that distinguishes Hatab's approach from more scientific renditions of eternal recurrence is his apprehension of the religious influences and motifs underlying Nietzsche's preoccupation with overcoming. Nietzsche, it is argued, "connects eternal recurrence with Greek mystery religion" (104); and the "literal force" of eternal recurrence is found in the kind of "religious effect" that "Nietzsche's myth" has on others. According to Hatab, the force of this literal interpretation of the myth is not consonant with a factual account. But he also denies that the "what if" stance can be sustained for existential purposes. His approach therefore has the performative advantage of rendering the myth a Dionysian potency--thereby implying that science alone cannot capture the full force of Nietzsche's life imperative. (The author candidly defers analysis of the scientific dimension of eternal recurrence to more qualified specialists.) For seasoned and unseasoned observers alike, this deployment of what Hatab calls "mimetic literality" obviates any old-fashioned errors and sets the stage for analysis beyond any simple existential or ethical reading of Nietzsche. Hatab's aim is to grasp the fundamental "selective

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Published: Nov 4, 2011

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