"I appreciate most the serious intellectual approach combined with concrete psychological insight. This combination is carried out by the play of metaphor, which encourages the reader to work with the text and not simply watch the author work. The entire postmodern 'movement' should be interested in Chapelle's work. He has developed the archetypal psychological approach in a way that brings it closer to philosophic thought than it usually is, by focusing on Nietzsche as well as on Freud." -- Robert Kugelmann, University of Dallas "I like the way the author situates Nietzsche and Freud with respect to each other. In doing so, Chapelle lifts Freud's insights onto another level, while simultaneously grounding Nietzsche's insights in the fabric of daily life. He avoids the reductionism of Nietzsche to Freudian psychoanalysis so characteristic of this literature. I consider this book an important contribution to Nietzschean and psychoanalytic thought.

I believe it makes a legitimate place for itself within both of these traditions." -- Robert D. Romanyshyn, Pacifica Graduate Institute.