Archery and the Human Condition in Lacan, the Greeks, and Nietzsche: The Bow with the Greatest Tension

Lanham: Lexington Books (2019)
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In this book, Matthew P. Meyer analyzes the archer and the bow as a metaphor for the human condition in Lacan, Nietzsche, and Greek literature. The bow is a model of the tension at the heart of the human condition, while the archer is a symbol of control.

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