Matthew P. Meyer

Archery and the Human Condition in Lacan, the Greeks, and Nietzsche

The Bow with the Greatest Tension

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this book, Matthew P. Meyer analyzes the archer and the bow as a metaphor for the human condition in Lacan, Nietzsche, and Greek literature. The bow is a model of the tension at the heart of the human condition, while the archer is a symbol of control.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 218
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 511g
• ISBN-13: 9781498560443
• ISBN-10: 149856044X
• Artikelnr.: 57580812

Autorenporträt

By Matthew P. Meyer

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Bows, Arrows, and Archers Chapter 1: The Tension of the Bow
Chapter 2: Philoctetes' Bow: The Concept of Need Chapter 3: Heraclitus'
Bow: Desire and Death Chapter 4: Odysseus' Bow: Demand and the Ego Chapter
5: Aristotle's Archer: Killing the Ego and Self-Transformation Conclusion:
The Bow with the Greatest Tension Epilogue: The Human Condition and Ten
Rules of Archery