Title
"The Contradiction at the Heart of the World": Nietzsche, Jesus, and the Detonation of Denotation
Publication Date
4-15-2010
Advisor(s)
Mary-Jane Rubenstein
Major
Religion
Language
English (United States)
Abstract
This investigation represents what one could call an exercise in postmodern reader-response criticism. In it, I address the stylistic mechanisms by which contradictions inherent in the character of Jesus within Nietzsche's text invoke in the reader a psychological state analogous to the one Nietzsche attributes to Jesus. This trajectory is examined as a possible device towards a non-reactive means of combating ressentiment. Implications of how language figures into such a systemically aconceptual endeavor are discussed.
Recommended Citation
Conuel, Brendan Thomas, ""The Contradiction at the Heart of the World": Nietzsche, Jesus, and the Detonation of Denotation" (2010). Honors Theses - All. Paper 508.
http://wesscholar.wesleyan.edu/etd_hon_theses/508
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