Universität Wien

180078 SE Friedrich Nietzsche: Time and Eternity (2013S)

The long minute in between

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 18 - Philosophie
Continuous assessment of course work

Attention! The course starts in the second week of March
Moodle

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 45 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 12.03. 11:00 - 13:00 Hörsaal. 2H NIG 2.Stock
  • Tuesday 19.03. 11:00 - 13:00 Hörsaal. 2H NIG 2.Stock
  • Tuesday 09.04. 11:00 - 13:00 Hörsaal. 2H NIG 2.Stock
  • Tuesday 16.04. 11:00 - 13:00 Hörsaal. 2H NIG 2.Stock
  • Tuesday 23.04. 11:00 - 13:00 Hörsaal. 2H NIG 2.Stock
  • Tuesday 30.04. 11:00 - 13:00 Hörsaal. 2H NIG 2.Stock
  • Tuesday 07.05. 11:00 - 13:00 Hörsaal. 2H NIG 2.Stock
  • Tuesday 14.05. 11:00 - 13:00 Hörsaal. 2H NIG 2.Stock
  • Tuesday 28.05. 11:00 - 13:00 Hörsaal. 2H NIG 2.Stock
  • Tuesday 04.06. 11:00 - 13:00 Hörsaal. 2H NIG 2.Stock
  • Tuesday 11.06. 11:00 - 13:00 Hörsaal. 2H NIG 2.Stock
  • Tuesday 18.06. 11:00 - 13:00 Hörsaal. 2H NIG 2.Stock
  • Tuesday 25.06. 11:00 - 13:00 Hörsaal. 2H NIG 2.Stock

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Latest Nietzsche Studies are focussing their research interest again on the secret relation between Time, Death and Eternity in Nietzsche's works.
In the first part of this course I would like to question the significance of Death in Nietzsche's philosophy. Thereby I will strongly refer to Paul S. Loeb's book, The Death Of Nietzsche's Zarathustra (Cambridge 2010).
Afterward we will discuss Nietzsche's concept of a long minute in between, in which all (cosmic and personal) conditions return, out of which a body is and will be reborn over and over again.
The second part of the semester will be devoted to Nietzsche's doctrine of The Eternal Rebirth of The Same. Thereby I will strongly refer to Deleuze's interpretation of this doctrine in two of his works, Difference and Repetition and Nietzsche and Philosophy, on Pierre Klossowski's book Nietzsche and the Vicious Circle as well as on a recently published book of Krzysztof Michalski The Flame of Eternity.

Assessment and permitted materials

Lecture (30 Minutes, Group of up to three students), written seminar work (12-15 pages) + discussion in the seminar (seminar attendance) are the three parts which will form one single mark. (Weigth of these three factors for the grade: Lecture (40 %), written seminar work (30 %), discussion and seminar attendance (30 %).

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

1. Introduction into the work of Friedrich Nietzsche (including latest research works of Nietzsche scholars)
2. Clarifying the relation of Death, The Long Minute in Between and the doctrine of The Eternal Return of the Same in Nietzsche's works.
3. Interpretation of time as the principle of sufficent reason of be-coming.
4. Interpretation of the principle of eternal return as the very being of be-coming.

Examination topics

Close reading of the relevant texts at stake in this seminar. A group of up to three students will present a text (30 minutes presentation + 60 minutes discussion) in every unit of the seminar. The texts will be fixed in the first unit of the seminar. After the presentation a written version of the presentation (12-15 pages) has to be delivered. It will be published on the Moodle plattform of the seminar.

Reading list

Deleuze, Gilles: Nietzsche und die Philosophie, Europäische Verlagsanstallt: Hamburg 1991.
Deleuze, Gilles: Differenz und Wiederholung, Wilhelm Fink Verlag: München 1997 (zweite Auflage).
Loeb, Paul S.: The Death of Nietzsche's Zarathustra, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge 2010.
Michalski, Krzysztof: The Flame of Eternity. An Interpretation of Nietzsche's Thought, Princeton University Press: 2012
Nietzsche, Friedrich: Sämtliche Werke, Kritische Studienausgabe, hg. Giorgio Colli und Mazzino Montinari, DTV: München, Berlin, New York Oktober 1980.

Association in the course directory

BA M 11, PP § 57.3.7

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