PATAPHYSICS-THE-POETICS-OF-AN-IMAGINARY- SCIENCE_C_Bok

it. Since Jarry develops 'pataphysics most expansively
through Faustroll and his exploits in Ethernity, this survey
concentrates upon the third phase of 'pataphysics in order
to draw such parallels between Jarry and Nietzsche.
The
survey then goes on to discuss the three declensions of the
exceptional (the anomalos, the sszs~ia, and the clinamen) in
order to itemize their 'pataphysical similarities to modern
tropes that have provided a basis for anti-metaphysical
meta-philosophies--the assumption being that 'pataphysics
represents an unwritten, but intrinsic, intertext to many of
the radical tactics found in deconstructive methodologies .
The Modernits of Jarry
'Pataphysics for Jarry resembles the philosophy of
Nietzsche, insofar as both writers make a case for
pers~ectivism. M. Bourdon at the Iqcge de Rennes is known
to have taught Jarry the philosophy of Nietzsche before its
translation into French (Beaumont 21), and only a few
critics,- particularly Dufresne (1993:26) and McCaffery
(1997:11), have intimated that Nietzsche provides a
critically neglected, but integrally important, set of
antecedents for 'pataphysics.
Just as Nietzsche has striven
"to look at science in the perspective of the artist"
(1966:19), greeting al1 philosophy with skepticism, sa also