Friedrich Nietzsche: The Birth of Tragedy

Name: Friedrich Nietzsche: The Birth of Tragedy
Author: Nietzsche, Friedrich & Smith, Douglas (Lecturer In French, Lect
ISBN: 9780199540143

by Nietzsche, Friedrich & Smith, Douglas (Lecturer In French, Lect

ISBN: 9780199540143

Published: 2008-06-12

Philosophy

The Birth of Tragedy (1872) is a book about the origins of Greek tragedy and its relevance to the German culture of its time. For Nietzsche, Greek tragedy is the expression of a culture which has achieved a powerful balance between insight into the chaos and suffering which underlies all existence and the discipline and clarity of rational Apollonian form. In order to promote a return to these values, Nietzsche undertakes a critique of the complacent rationalism of late nineteenth-century German culture and makes an impassioned plea for the regenerative potential of the music of Wagner. In its wide-ranging discussion of the nature of art, science and religion, Nietzsche's argument raises important questions about the problematic nature of cultural origins which are still of concern today.

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