Nietzsche, Wagner, Europe (Hardcover)

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) supported the unification of Europe and reflected on this like few other philosophers before or after him. Many of his works are concerned with the present state and future of European culture and humanity. Resisting the "nationalist nonsense" and "politics of dissolution" of his day, he advocated the birth of "good Europeans," i.e. "supra-national" individuals and the "amalgamation of nations." Nietzsche, Wagner, Europe analyzes the development of Friedrich Nietzsche's ideal of European culture based on his musical aesthetics. It does so against the background of contemporary searches for a wider, cultural meaning beyond Europe's economic-political union. The book claims that Nietzsche always propagated the "aestheticization" of Europe, but that his view on how to achieve this changed as a result of his dramatically altering philosophy of music. The main focus is on Nietzsche's passion for and later aversion to Wagner's music, and, in direct connection with this, his surprising embrace of Italian operas as new forms of "Dionysian" music and of Goethe as a model of "Good Europeanism."

General

Imprint:	De Gruyter
Country of origin:	Germany
Series:	Monographien und Texte zur Nietzsche-forschung
Release date:	August 2013
First published:	2013
Authors:	Martine Prange
Dimensions:	240 x 170 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	295
ISBN-13:	978-3-11-031509-7
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > General Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > General
LSN:	3-11-031509-2
Barcode:	9783110315097

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