Foucault's marijuana (and boys and BDSM), Kristeva's lovers, Derrida's speed, Sartre's cigarettes, Nietzsche's sister...
How do a writer's fetishes and addictions shape his or her writing?
2007-06-08 06:16:41 · 6 answers · asked by !@#%&! 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
i would think it would have to play a role, and once known, might influence how you viewed a particular work, it should serve to remind us that all are human, and no matter how brilliant a particular work seems, we shouldnt accept it without review, nor does that mean that the person is brilliant in all areas
2007-06-08 06:28:52 · answer #1 · answered by dlin333 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I dont think Nietzsche was infatuated with his sister. In fact from his writings it sounds like he greatly disliked her. Her anti-semitism for one thing. I do not know how much a writers addictions affect his writing, perhaps it is also that the cause of the addiction and nature/style/subject of the writing stem from a common root.
2007-06-08 06:44:48 · answer #2 · answered by David D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't forget Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds by the Beatles, recorded during the Summer of Love, AKA the Summer of LSD.
I think that music of each era represents the popular drug of that time. I also think that music represents a lot of things.
2007-06-08 13:54:37 · answer #3 · answered by Teaim 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that a writer flourishes in spite of his/her addictions, not because of them.
2007-06-08 06:51:41 · answer #4 · answered by Mr. Grudge 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
check out steven King's autobiography - he tells of his alcohol and cocaine addictions and it is very interesting
2007-06-08 06:24:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
write what you know,
2007-06-08 06:20:07 · answer #6 · answered by SARAH 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋