Interview with James I. Porter: Nietzsche, Foucault, & Classical Studies
My interview with Prof. James Porter started with a discussion about his concerns with clarity and the importance of maintaining a connection between language and life. Then I asked him Porter about how his interest in Nietzsche began and about his interpretation of Nietzsche’s concept of the Dionysian, which relates to metaphysics and an awareness of the desires underlying our metaphysical projects. We discussed how the unity of authorial voice or identity (e.g., in the…