Traversing the Abyss : A Nietzschean Interpretation of Humanity in Clarke's 2001: A Space Odyssey

dc.contributor.advisor	Emelie Jonsson
dc.contributor.author	Wolff-Skjelbred, Jens
dc.date.accessioned	2025-06-27T02:59:06Z
dc.date.available	2025-06-27T02:59:06Z
dc.date.issued	2025
dc.description.abstract	This thesis provides a Nietzchean interpretation of how humanity is portrayed in Arthur C. Clarke’s novel 2001: A Space Odyssey. This is done through drawing on theories of truth, humanity and the Other, and the Burkean sublime, as well as Nietzsche’s Thus Spoke Zarathustra, and, through this, provides an analysis of how the characters Moon-Watcher and David Bowman/the Star-Child can be understood as Nietzschean Übermensch and the subsequent consequences this has for the portrayal and understandings of humanity in the novel. Through this interpretation it is shown that humanity is both acknowledged in its sublime potential as well as criticized for not striving for said potential.
dc.description.abstract
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10037/37347
dc.identifier	no.uit:wiseflow:7267842:64444314
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.publisher	UiT The Arctic University of Norway
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0	en_US
dc.rights	Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)	en_US
dc.title	Traversing the Abyss : A Nietzschean Interpretation of Humanity in Clarke's 2001: A Space Odyssey
dc.type	Master thesis

Except where otherwise noted, this item's license is described as Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)