Concepts of Man in Series of Novels Mafia Luerd Mangkorn from Friedrich Nietzsche’s Perspective
Keywords:
Concepts of Man, Friedrich Nietzsche, Power, Master Morality, Slave MoralityAbstract
This article aims to: 1) analyze the concept of human from the Friedrich Nietzsche’s perspective and 2) analyze the series of novels “Mafia Luerd Mangkorn” from the Friedrich Nietzsche’s view of human. The study use Nietzsche’s ideas of human nature to analyze five novels which are, Mangkorn, Suer, Sing, Krating, Rad and Hong. It looks through the concept of human and will to power, the man with their Master morality, Slave morality and Overman that appears in the novel respectively.
The results reveal that power initiated by gangsters in the novels has been used for governance and dominations of physical power and also used for preserving and balancing of power between gangs. Moreover, different kind of power has been used in the form of traditional power which is power from ancestral belief. It helps bring Mafia gangs to gain power in China Town (Yaowarat). The study shows that characters in the series are fit to Nietzsche’s characterize of power which some includes slave morality while the other with master morality; some came into power with force and other, with soft power.
The study shows not only dark side of mafia’s world in Yaowarat, but the morality among mafias which aims for higher ground governance, that is, to preserve Chinese customs and identity, and moral code within their gang, and among others.
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Kuttawat, W. (1980). khwāmsamphan rawāng thatsana rư̄ang nitwat kap kān wičhān čhariyasāt khō̜ng Nitachē [The Relationship between Nietzsche's Concept of Eternal Recurrence and His Ethical Criticism]. (Master Thesis). Bangkok, Thailand: Graduate School, University of Chulalongkorn.
Panditchon, D. (1997). Nǣokhit Rư̄ang Manut Nai Thatsana Khō̜ng Phutthathāt Phikkhu [Buddhadasa Bhikkhu's Concept of Man]. (Master Thesis). Chiang Mai, Thailand: Graduate School, Chiangmai University.
Sriboonruang, Y. (2004). Nǣokhit Thāng Chariyasāt ʻAttaniyom Khō̜ng Nitachē [Nietzsche's ethical concept of egoism] (Master Thesis). Bangkok, Thailand: Graduate School, Mahidol University.
Srihong, S. (2002). Nǣokhit Rư̄ang Manut Nai Phāpphayon Khō̜ng ʻĀkhira Khurōsāwā [Concept of Man in Akira Kurosawa's Films]. (Master Thesis). Chiang Mai, Thailand: Graduate School, Chiangmai University.
Yussayotha, A. (1978). Kān Wikhro̜ Nǣokhit Khō̜ng Nithachē Rư̄ang Čhētčhamnong Sū ʻAmnāt [An Analysis of Nietzsche's Conception of "The Will to Power"]. (Master Thesis). Bangkok, Thailand: Graduate School, University of Chulalongkorn.
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Saisorn, S. (2014, December). Pratyā ʻAtthiphāwaniyom Khō̜ng Nithachē [Nietzsche’s Existentialism]. Retrieved from https://www.slideshare.net/Padvee/friedrich-nietzsche-42557144.
Acampora, C, D. and Pearson, K, A. (2011). Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil. New York, US: Continuum International Publishing Group.
Boonjua, K. (1979). Pratyā Latthi ʻAtthiphāwaniyom [Existentialism]. Bangkok, Thailand: Thai Watana Panich Publishing.
Boonjua, K. (2012). Nītchœ̄ Phū Bukbœ̄k Nǣokhit Lang Nawayuk Dūai Withī ʻAphimanut Læ SưngSuntharī [Nietzsche: Founder of the Postmodernism with Overman and Arts]. Bangkok, Thailand: Text.
Brosman, C, S. (2000). Literary Topics. Farmington Hills, US: Gale Group.
Burnham, D. and Jesinghausen, M. (2010). Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra. Edinburgh, UK: Edinburgh University Press Ltd.
Butin, S. (1989). Manutsaya Niyom [Humanism]. Bangkok, Thailand: Odeon store.
Chokvasin, T. (2006). Introducing Nietzsche. Bangkok, Thailand: Foundation for Children.
Dokbua, F. (2001). Sātsanā Prīapthīap [Comparative Religion]. Bangkok, Thailand: Silapabanakarn.
Lilly Si Khao. (2015). Nawaniyāi Chut Mafia Luerd Mangkorn: Rad [Series of Novels Mafia Dragon Blood: Rhinoceros]. Bangkok, Thailand: Sugar Beat.
Liz. (2015). Nawaniyāi Chut Mafia Luerd Mangkorn: Sing [Series of Novels Mafia Dragon Blood: Lion]. Bangkok, Thailand: Sugar Beat.
Macmurry, J. (1932). Freedom in the Modern Word. Great Britain, UK: Faber and Faber Limited.
Melchaert, N. (2002). The Great Conversation: A Historical Introduction to Philosophy. New York US: Mc Graw Hill.
Nietzsche, F. (1968). The Will to Power. (W. Kaufmann, & R. J. Hollingdale, Trans.). New York, US: A Vintage Giant.
Nietzsche, F. (1989). On the Genealogy of Morals and Ecce Homo. (W. Kaufmann, & R. J. Hollingdale, Trans.) New York, US: Vintage book edition.
Nietzsche, F. (2003). Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None. (T. Wayne, Trans.). New York, US: Algora Publishing.
Nietzsche, F. (2007). Phračhao Tāi Lǣo: Dangnan Phūt Sārāthutsatrā [God is dead: Thus Spoke Zarathustra]. (Sul Salyacheewin Trans.). Bangkok, Thailand: Kositt.
Pawatna, K. (1987). Pratyā Khō̜ng Kānmī yū Prawattisāt Yō̜i : Latthi ʻēksitthēnchīanlit [Philosophy of Existence in Minor Histories: Existentialism]. Bangkok, Thailand: Smith.
Phakbung. (2015). Nawaniyāi Chut Mafia Luerd Mangkorn: Krating [Series of Novels Mafia Dragon Blood: Bull]. Bangkok, Thailand: Sugar Beat.
Phramaha Mongkolkant Dhidadhammo. (2014). Sāithān Hǣng Pratyā [The Stream of Philosophy]. Bangkok, Thailand: Wara Publishing.
Pippin, R. (2012). Introductions to Nietzsche. New York, US: Cambridge University Press.
Pornavalai, S. (1993). Pratyā ʻAphimanut [Overman Philosophy]. Bangkok, Thailand: Kobfai.
Raphad. (2015). Nawaniyāi Chut Mafia Luerd Mangkorn: Suer [Series of Novels Mafia Dragon Blood: Tiger]. Bangkok, Thailand: Sugar Beat.
Ratanakul, P. (2006). Pratyā Chīwit Chō̜ng - Pō̜n Sāt [Philosophy of life: Jean-Paul Sartre]. Bangkok, Thailand: Samanchonbooks.
Sartre, J.-P. (1957). Existentialism and Human Emotions. New York, US: Book Sales, Inc.
Satha-anand, S. (2014). ʻĀrom Kap Chīwit Thī Dī Nai Pratyā Khongčhư̄ [Good and Emotional Life in Confucius Philosophy]. Bangkok, Thailand: Faculty of Arts, University of Chulalongkorn.
Shayna. (2015). Nawaniyāi Chut Mafia Luerd Mangkorn: Hong [Series of Novels Mafia Dragon Blood: Swan]. Bangkok, Thailand: Sugar Beat.
Smart, B. (2012). Michǣn Fūkō [Michel Foucault]. (Jamaree Chiangthong Trans.). Bangkok,Thailand: The Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre.
Sriha-ampai, P. (2000). Phư̄nthān Kānsưksā Thāng Sātsanā Læ Chariyatham [Religious and Ethical Foundations of Education]. Bangkok, Thailand: University of Chulalongkorn.
Woodward, A. (2011). Interpreting Nietzsche Reception and Influence. New York, US: Continuum International Publishing Group.
Zhengyu, S. (2005). Fifteen chapters of Philosophical Ideology. Beijing, China: Peking University Press.
Theses:
Khumkaew, S. (2011). Nǣokhit Rư̄ang Manut Khō̜ng ʻAnbǣ Kāmū [Albert Camus’ Concept of Man]. (Master Thesis). Chiang Mai, Thailand: Graduate School, Chiangmai University.
Klanbut, N. (2009). Kānsưksā Wikhro̜ Nǣokhit Rư̄ang Manut Nai Nawaniyāi Khō̜ng Dō̜ttayō Yīafō̜sakī Thī Samphan Kap Nǣokhit Rư̄ang Čharit Nai Phutpratyā [Critical Study of Dostoevsky’s Novels: Concept of Man in Relation to Carita in Buddhist Philosophy]. (Master Thesis). Chiang Mai, Thailand: Graduate School, Chiangmai University.
Kuttawat, W. (1980). khwāmsamphan rawāng thatsana rư̄ang nitwat kap kān wičhān čhariyasāt khō̜ng Nitachē [The Relationship between Nietzsche's Concept of Eternal Recurrence and His Ethical Criticism]. (Master Thesis). Bangkok, Thailand: Graduate School, University of Chulalongkorn.
Panditchon, D. (1997). Nǣokhit Rư̄ang Manut Nai Thatsana Khō̜ng Phutthathāt Phikkhu [Buddhadasa Bhikkhu's Concept of Man]. (Master Thesis). Chiang Mai, Thailand: Graduate School, Chiangmai University.
Sriboonruang, Y. (2004). Nǣokhit Thāng Chariyasāt ʻAttaniyom Khō̜ng Nitachē [Nietzsche's ethical concept of egoism] (Master Thesis). Bangkok, Thailand: Graduate School, Mahidol University.
Srihong, S. (2002). Nǣokhit Rư̄ang Manut Nai Phāpphayon Khō̜ng ʻĀkhira Khurōsāwā [Concept of Man in Akira Kurosawa's Films]. (Master Thesis). Chiang Mai, Thailand: Graduate School, Chiangmai University.
Yussayotha, A. (1978). Kān Wikhro̜ Nǣokhit Khō̜ng Nithachē Rư̄ang Čhētčhamnong Sū ʻAmnāt [An Analysis of Nietzsche's Conception of "The Will to Power"]. (Master Thesis). Bangkok, Thailand: Graduate School, University of Chulalongkorn.
Website:
Saisorn, S. (2014, December). Pratyā ʻAtthiphāwaniyom Khō̜ng Nithachē [Nietzsche’s Existentialism]. Retrieved from https://www.slideshare.net/Padvee/friedrich-nietzsche-42557144.
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Nanpen, T. (2018). Concepts of Man in Series of Novels Mafia Luerd Mangkorn from Friedrich Nietzsche’s Perspective. PANIDHANA JOURNAL, 14(2), 210–235. retrieved from https://so05.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/panidhana/article/view/136242
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