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Pregnancy as a metaphor of self-cultivation in dawn (2023)
Journal Article
Mitcheson, K. (in press). Pregnancy as a metaphor of self-cultivation in dawn. Nietzsche-Studien, https://doi.org/10.1515/nietzstu-2023-0005

Nietzsche employs the concept of pregnancy metaphorically at various points in his writings; discussing the pregnancy of philosophers (GM III 8, BGE 292), spiritual pregnancy (EH, Clever 3; GS 72) and being pregnant with thoughts or deeds (D 552). I... Read More about Pregnancy as a metaphor of self-cultivation in dawn.

Visual Art and Self-Construction (2021)
Book
Mitcheson, K. (2021). Visual Art and Self-Construction. Edinburgh University Press

Critically examining Ricoeur’s narrative account of self-construction, this book makes the case that the narrative model overlooks the variety of processes that can contribute to forming a self and neglects the materiality of these processes. Visual... Read More about Visual Art and Self-Construction.

Ecce Homo as Nietzsche's Honest Lie (2021)
Book Chapter
Mitcheson, K. (2021). Ecce Homo as Nietzsche's Honest Lie. In Nietzsche’s “Ecce Homo” (139-152). Berlin/ Munich/ Boston: De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110246551-011

Once we recognize that for Nietzsche a new practice of truth aims to overcome ‘Truth’ as the ‘real world’, we can reconcile Nietzsche’s criticisms of ‘Truth’ with his praise of truth. If we are also to reconcile the importance of truthfulness, which... Read More about Ecce Homo as Nietzsche's Honest Lie.

Werner Herzog's ecstatic truth (2020)
Journal Article
Mitcheson, K. (2020). Werner Herzog's ecstatic truth. Existenz, 15(1), 12-29

In his stimulating discussion of Werner Herzog's work, Richard Eldridge emphasizes that Herzog's films are truth-disclosing. At the same time Eldridge acknowledges that Herzog makes clear the presence of the filmmaker and the process of filmmaking. I... Read More about Werner Herzog's ecstatic truth.

On Nietzsche and pregnancy; The beginning of the genesis of a new human being (2019)
Book Chapter
Mitcheson, K. (2019). On Nietzsche and pregnancy; The beginning of the genesis of a new human being. In L. Irigaray, M. O'Brien, & C. Hadjioannou (Eds.), Towards a New Human Being (199-220). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03392-7_12

Luce Irigaray’s recent book To Be Born: Genesis of New a Human Being can be seen as a response to Friedrich Nietzsche’s well-known call for us to overcome humanity in its current form. Irigaray shares with Nietzsche the belief that to overcome the di... Read More about On Nietzsche and pregnancy; The beginning of the genesis of a new human being.

Foucault, stoicism and self-mastery (2018)
Book Chapter
Mitcheson, K. (2018). Foucault, stoicism and self-mastery. In M. Dennis, & S. Werkhoven (Eds.), Ethics and Self-Cultivation: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives. Routledge

In Michel Foucault’s late work he turns to ancient practices of the self, including stoicism, to explore whether such ‘technologies of the self’ can be taken up by the contemporary subject to cultivate a non-subjugated self. For Foucault, technologie... Read More about Foucault, stoicism and self-mastery.

Scepticism and self-transformation in Nietzsche–on the uses and disadvantages of a comparison to Pyrrhonian scepticism (2016)
Journal Article
Mitcheson, K. (2017). Scepticism and self-transformation in Nietzsche–on the uses and disadvantages of a comparison to Pyrrhonian scepticism. British Journal for the History of Philosophy, 25(1), 63-83. https://doi.org/10.1080/09608788.2016.1225564

© 2016 BSHP. Scepticism is central to Nietzsche’s philosophical project, both as a tool of criticism and, through its role in self-transformation, as a tool for responding to criticism. While its importance in his thought and its complexity have been... Read More about Scepticism and self-transformation in Nietzsche–on the uses and disadvantages of a comparison to Pyrrhonian scepticism.

Techniques of self-knowledge in Nietzsche and Freud (2015)
Journal Article
Mitcheson, K. (2015). Techniques of self-knowledge in Nietzsche and Freud. Journal of Nietzsche Studies, 46(3), 328-348. https://doi.org/10.5325/jnietstud.46.3.0328

Copyright © 2015 The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA. Both Nietzsche and Freud believe that our conscious experiences and actions are shaped by the activity of unconscious drives. Despite the significant differences in their unders... Read More about Techniques of self-knowledge in Nietzsche and Freud.

The experiment of incorporating unbounded truth (2015)
Book Chapter
Mitcheson, K. (2015). The experiment of incorporating unbounded truth. In R. Bamford (Ed.), Nietzsche's Free Spirit Philosophy (139-156). Rowman and Littlefield International

This essay addresses two central and contested themes in Nietzsche’s philosophy: the incorporation of truth and the free spirit. I argue that it is the free spirit who takes up the challenge of incorporating truth and that to understand this figure w... Read More about The experiment of incorporating unbounded truth.

Louise Bourgeois’ technologies of the self (2015)
Journal Article
Mitcheson, K. (2015). Louise Bourgeois’ technologies of the self. Journal of Aesthetics and Phenomenology, 2(1), 31-49. https://doi.org/10.1080/20539320.2015.11428458

In this article, I demonstrate how Louise Bourgeois used her artworks not only to better understand herself but also to cultivate a self capable of taking control of and reshaping the material of her past. Exploring her artworks in the context of Mic... Read More about Louise Bourgeois’ technologies of the self.

Nietzsche, truth and transformation (2013)
Book
Mitcheson, K. (2013). Nietzsche, truth and transformation. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan

Nietzsche scholarship has fallen into the trap of taking seriously either the epistemological or the existential import of Nietzsche's views on truth at the neglect of the other, obscuring a full understanding of Nietzsche's philosophy, and the poten... Read More about Nietzsche, truth and transformation.

Allowing the accidental: The interplay between intentionality and realism in photographic art (2010)
Journal Article
Mitcheson, K. (2010). Allowing the accidental: The interplay between intentionality and realism in photographic art. Contemporary Aesthetics, 8,

We experience photographs both as intentional and as prone to the accidental. The photograph is both capable of being an artwork with its own, constructed world and of drawing our attention to the reality of the objects used in creating it. In this a... Read More about Allowing the accidental: The interplay between intentionality and realism in photographic art.