Jamie Parr is a writer and independent scholar, currently based at the University of Queensland, Australia. His principal research concern in the field of philosophy is nihilism and its overcoming, particularly as explored in the respective projects of Blaise Pascal and Friedrich Nietzsche. Outside of philosophy, he has published in the field of humanitarian journalism and genocide studies, with a focus on the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s.
Jamie is the author of a number of articles, including, ‘What do I matter!: Nietzsche on Pascal, Self-Obsession, and Good Cheer’ (forthcoming in Joy and Laughter in Nietzsche’s Philosophy: An Alternative Liberatory Politics, Bloomsbury), ‘Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht and Nietzsche’s Art of Transfiguration’ (with Venessa Ercole, in An Anthology on Nietzsche and Music: Philosophical Thoughts and Musical Experiments, Cambridge Scholars Publishing), and the monograph Nietzsche and Pascal: Transfiguration, Despair, and the Problem of Existence (forthcoming, Bloomsbury Academic).
Jamie serves as the webmaster of the Friedrich Nietzsche Society. He was born, raised and educated in the UK.
Jamie is the author of a number of articles, including, ‘What do I matter!: Nietzsche on Pascal, Self-Obsession, and Good Cheer’ (forthcoming in Joy and Laughter in Nietzsche’s Philosophy: An Alternative Liberatory Politics, Bloomsbury), ‘Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht and Nietzsche’s Art of Transfiguration’ (with Venessa Ercole, in An Anthology on Nietzsche and Music: Philosophical Thoughts and Musical Experiments, Cambridge Scholars Publishing), and the monograph Nietzsche and Pascal: Transfiguration, Despair, and the Problem of Existence (forthcoming, Bloomsbury Academic).
Jamie serves as the webmaster of the Friedrich Nietzsche Society. He was born, raised and educated in the UK.