From "The Birth of Tragedy" to his experimental "physiology of art", Nietzsche examines the aesthetic, erotic and sacred dimensions of rapture, hinting at how an ecstatic philosophy is realized in his elusive doctrine of Eternal Return. Jill Marsden pursues the implications of this legacy.

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JILL MARSDEN is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Bolton Institute. She has published a number of articles on Nietzsche and related themes in contemporary European philosophy.

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Book Title: After Nietzsche
Book Subtitle: Notes Towards a Philosophy of Ecstasy
Authors: Jill Marsden
Series Title: Renewing Philosophy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403913722
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2002
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-91876-0Published: 02 October 2002
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-42371-2Published: 01 January 2002
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4039-1372-2Published: 02 October 2002
Series ISSN: 2947-5228
Series E-ISSN: 2947-5236
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 209
Topics: Aesthetics, Moral Philosophy, Modern Philosophy

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