In The Genealogy of Morality, Nietzsche postulated a sharp distinction between the writer and his work, stating that if Homer had been Achilles, or Goethe had been Faust, they would have simply lived their destiny without having to write about it. However, there are writers whose work and life are imbued in such a way that the boundaries between the two become diffuse, and therefore, in a sense, his work ends up being his life and his life, the work. Throughout his career as one of the most original thinkers of our time, Morris Berman has constantly reflected on the implications of ideas for existence, noting that the worldview of different cultures defines, to a large extent, the Particular experience of what we call life. In Turning Straw into Gold, Morris Berman is placed under the microscope, sharing with the reader his own implementation of the ideas he has theorized as a writer....read more
