Roberts M
Staffordshire University, Faculty of Arts, Media and Design, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Philosophy, Staffordshire, UK.
J Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs. 2008 Nov;15(9):743-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2850.2008.01300.x.
One of the most challenging figures in the history of ideas, the 19th century German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, exerts a powerful and enduring influence over modern thought. Indeed, while those working in the healthcare professions may have traditionally found Nietzsche's work largely inaccessible, there is now an emerging body of healthcare research that seeks to elucidate and explore the relevance of his ideas for the healthcare professions generally, and for the theory and practice of nursing in particular. Accordingly, this paper will seek to contribute to this emerging body of research by suggesting that Nietzsche's work can be employed to provide a productive understanding of how recovery from mental illness can be facilitated, and it will attempt to do this by focusing on what is arguably Nietzsche's most seemingly obscure notion, namely, the 'eternal return'. In particular, by drawing upon contemporary research into the concept and experience of recovery, the paper will suggest that the discovery of new meaning is central to that process and that, this being so, Nietzsche's notion of the eternal return can provide a productive theoretical framework that can be employed by mental health professionals to orientate and guide therapeutic interventions towards that end.
19世纪德国哲学家弗里德里希·尼采是思想史上最具挑战性的人物之一，对现代思想产生了强大而持久的影响。的确，虽然传统上从事医疗保健行业的人可能觉得尼采的作品大多难以理解，但现在有一批新兴的医疗保健研究致力于阐明和探索他的思想对整个医疗保健行业，尤其是对护理理论与实践的相关性。因此，本文将通过提出尼采的作品可用于对促进精神疾病康复的方式进行富有成效的理解，来为这一新兴研究领域做出贡献，并将通过关注尼采最晦涩难懂的概念，即“永恒轮回”来尝试做到这一点。具体而言，通过借鉴当代对康复概念和体验的研究，本文将表明发现新意义是这一过程的核心，既然如此，尼采的永恒轮回概念可以提供一个富有成效的理论框架，心理健康专业人员可利用该框架为此目的来指导和引导治疗干预。
