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Physiologies of eros: a response to Fiona Ellis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2015

JOSEPH D. KUZMA
JOSEPH D. KUZMA*
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Department of Philosophy, University of Colorado, 1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway, Colorado Springs, CO, 80918, USA e-mail: jkuzma@uccs.edu
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Abstract

In her article, ‘Two erotic ideals’, Fiona Ellis offers a sustained critique of my interpretation of Nietzschean eroticism. In the following piece, I respond to her criticism by proposing a shift in emphasis away from ‘erotic ideals’ and towards a greater attentiveness to the physiological states that condition our desire. I argue that such a move allows us to see how questions about eroticism and questions about nihilism are in fact integrally connected.

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Religious Studies , Volume 52 , Issue 2 , June 2016 , pp. 263 - 272
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