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Übermensch
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Übermensch German [ˈyːbərˌmɛnʃ]
n pl -menschen [-mɛnʃən]
(Philosophy) (esp in the writings of Nietzsche) the German word for superman
[literally: over-man]


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She ruthlessly debunks how artists are positioned as "better than us," ubermenschen permitted to "live our fantasies" on our behalf, whether of the victimized, abject woman or the foul-mouthed male genius who can't suppress a disdainful laugh when he declares, "I used to think I could change the world" Fraser's project embodies Auto Emotion's renewal of the genre precisely by putting these affective aesthetic strategies under the gaze of a piercing intellect.
Loeb and Leopold, who greatly admired (and conveniently misunderstood) the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche and saw themselves as ubermenschen above the law, explained their murder of Bobby Franks as a carefully planned exercise, a "thrill killing" that gave them a sense of excitement and power.
When he's not propounding dystopian visions of genetically enhanced Ubermenschen lording over poor naturals, McKibben is worried that genetic technologies will be adopted rapidly because they will become cheap and widely available.
 
 
 
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