La mue du serpent et les styles de Nietzsche
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 17628151 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Pierre Mrdjenovic (26911 ENS de Lyon ENS de Lyon Sciences Humaines 15 parvis René Descartes Lyon France, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Publication date | 2026-02-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Nietzsche Studien (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0342-1422 • E-ISSN: 1613-0790 |
| Publisher | De Gruyter (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/nietzstu-2025-0049 |
| OpenAlex | W7133243214 |
| Language | FR |
| References cited | 15 |
The Snake’s Molting and Nietzsche’s Styles. Nietzsche’s philosophy becomes itself through a series of transformations and renewals. To describe this movement, Nietzsche uses a recurring metaphor: molting ( Häutung ). Like the snake he likes so much, he writes to rid himself of his thoughts, leaving them behind and starting a new life. Writing is as much an experience of self-transformation as it is the result of this molting: the rigid skin left by the animal. Working on the occurrences of «molting» and its derivatives, I will use this metaphor to try to understand the variety of Nietzsche’s styles
Metaphor · Reflexive pronoun · Writing style · French Literature and Critical Theory · Hume's philosophy and hair distribution · Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, and Hegel
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |