Philosophy/Psychology
Caroline S. Kelley
Amor Fati
Eternal Procession in Emerson and Nietzsche
Think Media Series | Hardcovers - 2023 | 185 pages| ISBN 978-1-7375591-2-2
This book examines the meaning of love, the problem with science, the power of women, and the enigma of eternal return in Friedrich Nietzsche's reception of the work of Ralph Waldo Emerson.
“Caroline Kelley’s Amor Fati distinguishes itself from other interpretations of the Nietzschean philosophy by comparing it to Emerson’s treatment of “fate.” It is compelling to read how both saw it related to the complexity of nature in contradistinction to the simplicity, indeed the “illusion,” of human logical constructs. Kelley’s exploration of mythical female figures, like the Sphinx and Ariadne, plays a decisive role in her account, allowing us to muse on what she calls a “hermeneutics of women.” Her elucidations are genuinely worth reading especially since they prepare us for the Nietzschean shift from being to becoming, unity to Interconnection, substance to event, as well as the simultaneity of opposites, such as life and death.”
About the Author
Caroline Kelley teaches composition and literature at Bergen Community College in New Jersey, USA. She earned a Ph.D. in Philosophy, Art and Critical Thought from the European Graduate School, Saas-Fee, Switzerland; an M.F.A in Fiction Writing from Columbia University; and a B.A. in English and French from The University of Georgia. She has lived and worked in Germany, France, and Poland as well as in many U.S. states, and Washington, D.C.
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