Philosophy, Literature, and the Dissolution of the Subject ― Nietzsche, Musil, Atay

The concept of the self is inseparable from ethics, contends Talay-Turner, and the modern notion of the self is related to a particular sense of inwardness, one in which some sort of opposition between the inner/outer or inside/outside seems unavoidable. She discusses German philosopher Nietzsche (1844-1900) on the self and morality; Nietzsche's remedy; philosophy and literature; Austrian novelist Robert Musil (1880-1942) on epistemology, culture, and the self; Musil on ethics; metaphor, irony, and simile; Turkish novelist Oguz Atay (1934–77) on history and authority; and Atay on the self. Annotation c2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

Zeynep Talay-Turner is a philosopher, sculptress and translator. She was born in Istanbul and is resident in London. She gained her MA at Warwick University (UK) and holds a PhD in Philosophy from the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw (Poland).