The Birth of Tragedy Paperback / softback
by Friedrich Nietzsche
Part of the Oxford World's Classics series
Paperback / softback
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'Yes, what is Dionysian? - This book provides an answer - "a man who knows" speaks in it, the initiate and disciple of his god.'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 delicate but powerful balance between Dionysian 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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- Pages:224 pages
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:12/06/2008
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- ISBN:9780199540143
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Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:224 pages
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:12/06/2008
- Category:
- ISBN:9780199540143
