The Eroticization of Distance: Nietzsche, Blanchot, and the Legacy of Courtly Love
Joseph D. Kuzma
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Hardback. The Eroticization of Distance engages with the theme of eroticism in Blanchot's writings, and uncovers the nature of Nietzsche's influence upon Blanchot's writings of the 1940s and early 1950s. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 435.
In The Eroticization of Distance: Nietzsche, Blanchot and the Legacy of Courtly Love, Joseph D. Kuzma explores the significance of courtly erotic themes in Friedrich Nietzsche’s mature philosophy and in Maurice Blanchot’s writings of the 1940s and early 1950s. Rather than offering an account of erotic relationality that prioritizes reconciliation, fulfillment, or release, Nietzsche attempts to formulate a nonteleological eroticism that aims at nothing but the perpetual intensification of desire. Kuzma suggests that it is Blanchot who carries Nietzsche’s courtly erotic tendencies to their most provocative point, by highlighting potentials for intimate relationality that might be established through a shared ... Read more
In The Eroticization of Distance: Nietzsche, Blanchot and the Legacy of Courtly Love, Joseph D. Kuzma explores the significance of courtly erotic themes in Friedrich Nietzsche’s mature philosophy and in Maurice Blanchot’s writings of the 1940s and early 1950s. Rather than offering an account of erotic relationality that prioritizes reconciliation, fulfillment, or release, Nietzsche attempts to formulate a nonteleological eroticism that aims at nothing but the perpetual intensification of desire. Kuzma suggests that it is Blanchot who carries Nietzsche’s courtly erotic tendencies to their most provocative point, by highlighting potentials for intimate relationality that might be established through a shared ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
Number of Pages
168
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9781498524384
SKU
V9781498524384
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About Joseph D. Kuzma
Joseph D. Kuzma is instructor of philosophy at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs.
Reviews for The Eroticization of Distance: Nietzsche, Blanchot, and the Legacy of Courtly Love
During his years spent on the Mediterranean coast in Èze, where years earlier Nietzsche had similarly completed some of his most decisive thinking, the critic and novelist Maurice Blanchot would often find himself silently retracing his predecessor’s footsteps. In this strikingly original exploration of the implicit dialogue between the pair, which touches in turn on the implications of courtly love, ... Read more