The birth of tragedy
Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-19002008
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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.
Main title:
The birth of tragedy / Friedrich Nietzsche.
Edition:
[New ed.] / translated with an introduction and notes by Douglas Smith.
Imprint:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Collation:
xliii, 173 p. ; 20 cm.
Series:
Oxford world's classics
Notes:
This ed. originally published: 2000.Includes bibliographical references and index.Translated from the German.
ISBN:
9780199540143 (pbk)
Language:
EnglishGerman
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BRN:
3841560
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