THE TERM superman or supermen was developed by?

Question

imperialism and technological advances

Answer 1

Nietzsche.

Answer 2

Friedrich Nieztche. So far as imperialism and Nieztche's superman, Hitler got it all wrong. Nieztche detested the Aryans - in his words 'derived from the root word arya .. meaning the owners'. Hitler apparenently ignored FN's writings against the so-called Aryans and turned Nieztche's philosophy on its head.

Nieztche's superman was a man that had developed spiritually beyond the average. This superman was able to transcend all the petty BS that plagues mankind - religion, being a chosen race (either Jewish or Aryan), and having thus transcended all the petty misunderstandings of mankind in general, he thus became the Ubermensch, or over-man - or Superman. This is what Nieztche meant when he coined the term, but because Hitler embraced Nieztche (the part that suited him and his agenda), his philosophy was later equated with the Nazis, a party with whom Nietzche would have shuddered in horror as evidence of his detested aryans run amok.

Nieztche has gotten a bad rap by having his work adopted by people after his death. Too bad really, the man had something to say.

As for technology, I agree with another answerer - I don't see how it fits into the question.

Answer 3

Nietzsche

I think the german is Ubermensche.

But im a little confused as to the imperialism and technological advances part of the question. There is either a philosophical dialectic in there or a highschool essay question..I cant tell which.

Answer 4

I found this; hope it helps:

“The word 'Superman' is not a literal translation of Nietzsche's original German term.”

“The word superman, incidentally, as a rendition of Nietzsche's übermensch, was first popularised apparently by George Bernard Shaw. You probably remember there is a play of his called Man and Superman. And since then the term, the word, has become hopelessly vulgarised and hopelessly debased, so that it has come to mean something very far indeed from what Nietzsche meant, from what Nietzsche intended by this expression übermensch or overman.”
http://www.centrebouddhisteparis.org/En_Anglais/Sangharakshita_en_anglais/Nietzsche_and_Superman/Superman_or_Overman/superman_or_overman.html

Answer 5

The German philosopher Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900) used the term Übermensch, or homo superior. You can read more about this concept in the book from which it is derived, "Thus Spoke Zarathustra" (which is also the name of the main theme song in the soundtrack of the movie "2001 a space odyssey').

Answer 6

Jerry Seigel and Joel Shuster

Answer 7

Siegel and Shuster in 1938.

Answer 8

The Eskimos

Answer 9

GB Shaw, actually.
"Man and Superman"
Good little piece.
No red "S" though.


Thanks for the ellucidation below, Jinx. I was just going for the quick and dirty ... more "Flash" than "Superman" here.

Answer 10

NO it was invented by parents who told their kids stories of a SUPER man that could fly or catch a bullet in his teeth, where did you COME UP WITH TECHNOLOGY, YOU WEIRDO