?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Nietzsche%2C+immortality%2C+singularity+and+eternal+recurrence&rft.creator=Olivier%2C+Bert&rft.subject=Postprints&rft.description=Joan+Copjec+has+shown+that+modernity+is+privy+to+a+notion+of+immortality+all+its+own+%E2%80%93+one+that+differs+fundamentally+from+any+counterpart+entertained+in+Greek+antiquity+or+the+Christian+Middle+Ages.+She+points+to+Blumenberg+and%0ALefort+as+thinkers+who+have+construed+this+concept+in+its+modern+guise+in+different+ways%2C+and+ultimately+opts+for+Lefort's+paradoxical+understanding+of+immortality+as+the+%E2%80%98transcending+of+time%2C+within+time%E2%80%99+before+elaborating+on+a+corresponding+notion+in+Lacan's+work.+It+can+be+shown+that+Nietzsche%2C+too%2C+provides+a+distinctly+modern+conception+of+%E2%80%98immortality%E2%80%99%2C+articulated+in+relation+to+his+notions+of+affirmation%2C+singularity+and+eternal+recurrence.+In+brief%2C+this+amounts+to+his+claim+that%2C+to+affirm+even+one+single+part+or+event+in+one's+life+entails+affirming+it+in+its+entirety%2C+and%2C+in+so+doing+%E2%80%93+given+the+interconnectedness+of+events+%E2%80%93+affirming+all+that+has+ever+existed.+Moreover%2C+once+anything+has+existed%2C+it+is+in+a+certain+sense%2C+for+Nietzsche%2C+necessary+despite+its+temporal+singularity.+Therefore%2C+to+be+able+to+rise+to+the+task+of+affirming+certain+actions+or+experiences+in+one's+own+life%2C+bestows+on+it+not+merely+this+kind+of+necessary+singularity%2C+but+what+he+thought+of+as+%E2%80%98eternal+recurrence%E2%80%99+%E2%80%93+the+(ethical)+affirmation+of+the+desire+to+embrace+one's+own%2C+and+together+with+it%2C+all+of+existence+%E2%80%98eternally%E2%80%99%2C+over+and+over.+This%2C+it+is+argued%2C+may+be+understood+as+Nietzsche's+distinctive+contribution+to+a+specifically+modern+notion+of+immortality%3A+the+ability+of+an+individual+to+live+in+such+a+way+that+his+or+her+singular+%E2%80%98place%E2%80%99+in+society+is+ensured%2C+necessarily+there%2C+even+after+his+or+her+death.%0A&rft.date=2007&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5468%2F1%2FOlivier.pdf&rft.identifier=++Olivier%2C+Bert++(2007)+Nietzsche%2C+immortality%2C+singularity+and+eternal+recurrence.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5468%2F