Zarathustra's Dionysian Modernism

In arguing that Nietzsche’s Thus Spoke Zarathustra is a philosophical explanation of the possibility of modernism, the author shows that literary fiction can do the work of philosophy.

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Bypassing the attempt to place Nietzsche as a modern or postmodern philosopher, Gooding-Williams (philosophy and humanities, Northwestern U.) argues that the German philosopher treats modernism as a philosophical problem, and interprets him as a writer who sheds light on issues raised by a concept of modernism that is familiar from the criticism of literature and the arts. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Robert Gooding-Williams is Professor of Philosophy and Jean Gimbel Lane Professor of the Humanities at Northwestern University. He is the editor of Reading Rodney King, Reading Urban Uprising.