Essays about: "Nietzsche"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 25 essays containing the word Nietzsche.

  1. 21. ...And Reconcile Us With Evil : A Critical Investigation of the Imagery of Good and Evil in Western Religion, Film and Politics

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Arne L Gellrich; [2016]
    Keywords : Peace and conflict; social psychology; religion; good; evil; böse; übel; Kant; Nietzsche; Obama; Trump; Clinton; TTIP; CETA; Germany; Sweden; USA; presidential elections; presidentials 2016; theology; Jesus; demons; satan; devil; iblis; christianity; judaism; yahweh; god; leviathan; hero; batman; marvel; harry Potter; twilight; avatar; James Bond; Jason Bourne; dragon; brexit; Daesh; Facebook; Campact; protest; CDA; critical discourse analysis; fairclough; SPD; CDU; AfD; Grüne; Linke; PEGIDA; Flüchtlinge; Flüchtlingskrise; TTIP; CETA; Campact; Gabriel; Merkel; Obama; Hannover; Demonstration; Kant; Böse; gut; wohl; übel; Gott; teufel; Jesus; Löfven; Wallström; Brexit; SD; förolämpning; Farsan; Hamilton; flytingar; flyktingskrisen; Facebook;

    Abstract : With an eye on the current social and political situation in Europe, and with regards to the so-termed refugee crisis, this study aims to map the discourse on assumed good and evil shared among Western cultures, as represented by Sweden, Germany and the United States.  The thesis takes its point of departure from essayistic reflections of the philosophical tradition and theological and religious analytical positions respectively. READ MORE

  3. 22. The Statement that is Randolph Carter: Growth in a Nihilistic Universe

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Ludwig Karlsson; [2014]
    Keywords : Lovecraft; Nietzsche; Nihilism; Randolph Carter;

    Abstract : The purpose of this essay is to give a nuanced and problematized view of the notion that the literary universe of H.P. Lovecraft is purely nihilistic, in the most basic sense of the word, and instead try to show that it, in spite of this actually allows for both hope and growth for its characters. READ MORE

  4. 23. "This Ghastly Age": The Tragic Fall In Waugh's Brideshead Revisited As A Response To Modernity

    University essay from Engelska institutionen

    Author : Julija Robyn Belak; [2013]
    Keywords : Waugh; Brideshead Revisited; modernity; tragedy;

    Abstract : I have examined Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited by reading it as a tragedy and looking at the motif of the tragic fall of the Marchmain family as a response to the challenges of modernity. Most academic works on Brideshead Revisited are religious readings that focus on the role of Catholicism in the narrative. READ MORE

  5. 24. Godot is Dead : Nietzsche and Beckett on Salvation and Suffering in a Godless Universe

    University essay from Engelska institutionen

    Author : Jökull Valsson; [2012]
    Keywords : Beckett; Nietzsche; salvation; redemption; Eternal Recurrence; Will to Power; Overman; Godot;

    Abstract : There are many parallels and points of similarity between the themes of the play Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett and the themes explored by Friedrich Nietzsche. This essay examines the play in light of some of Nietzsche’s key concepts, such as the Will to Power, the Übermensch or Overman, the Eternal Recurrence, as well as the aesthetic conception of existence. READ MORE

  6. 25. To Forget and Surrender in Order to Live : A Reinterpretation of Nietzsche's Views on History and Life

    University essay from Institutionen för kommunikation och information

    Author : Linus Ragnhage; [2010]
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    Abstract : In this essay the dangers of an overconsumption of history are investigated, and concerns are raised over the nature of philosophy and its role as a central part of man. Using material from Friedrich Nietzsche an argument is built, showing how we today suffer from a disease caused by a lack of attention to the present moment, and an overemphasis on truth rather than health. READ MORE