Nietzsche's Philosophy of Art

ISBN-13: 9780521455756 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 188 str.

Julian Young

Opis

This is the first comprehensive treatment of Nietzsche's philosophy of art to appear in English. Julian Young argues that Nietzsche's thought about art can only be understood in the context of his wider philosophy. In particular, he discusses the dramatic changes in Nietzschean aesthetics against the background of the celebrated themes of the death of God, eternal recurrence, and the idea of the Ubermensch. Young then divides Nietzsche's career, and his philosophy of art, into four distinct phases, but suggests that these phases describe a circle. An attempt at world-affirmation is made in the central phases, but Nietzsche is predominantly influenced at the beginning and end of his career by a Schopenhauerian pessimism. At the beginning and end art is important because it "redeems" us from life.

Recenzje

"Given the centrality of art for Nietzsche it is surprising that Julian Young's book is the first to address its import for Nietzsche's philosophy as a whole. For this reason alone Nietzsche's Philosophy of Art is a welcome addition to the growing literature on Nietzsche in English. More than that, this study contains a comprehensive, yet concise, account of this topic that soberly elucidates and evaluates Nietzsche's shifting arguments and positions." Daniel L. Tate, Review of Metaphysics

Spis treści

Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Schopenhauer; 2. The birth of tragedy; 3. Human, all-too-human; 4. The gay science; 5. Twilight of the idols; Epilogue; Notes; Texts and translations; Index.