Don Juan in Hell in terms of Nietzsche’s Superman in Shaw’s Man and Superman

Ramin Salehi Saheb

Abstract

One of the most famous philosophers of the modern era is Nietzsche’s whose works have been very influential in the political atmosphere of the 20^th century. Nietzsche’s introduction of Superman has affected the Western world entirely. One of the followers of Nietzsche’s idea of a superman who can bring happiness to humans is George Bernard Shaw. This article seeks to represent how Bernard Shaw reverberates Nietzsche’s idea of Superman in his Man and Superman. He introduces a new term that can help humanity to nurture and bring about a new Superman who can redeem humanity. He relies on Darwin's theory of natural selection to propose that in order to create a superman, social natural selection must be applied and this must be the only criteria for people to choose mates and partners.

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