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The birth of tragedy : out of the spirit of music / Friedrich Nietzsche ; translated by Shaun Whiteside ; edited by Michael Tanner.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: German Series: Penguin classicsPublication details: London ; New York : Penguin, [2003]Description: xxxiv, 120 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0140433392
  • 9780140433395
Uniform titles:
  • Geburt der Tragödie. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 111/.85 20
LOC classification:
  • B3313.G42 E55 2003
Summary: In The Birth of Tragedy Nietzsche expounds on the origins of Greek tragedy and its relevance to the German culture of its time. He declares it to be 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 critiques complacent rationalism of late nineteenth-century German culture and makes an impassioned plea for the regenerative potential of the music of Wagner. A wide ranging discussion of the nature of art, science, and religion, The Birth of Tragedy's argument raises important questions about the problematic nature of cultural origins which are still valid today.
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"This edition first published 1993, reprinted with a new chronology 2003"--Page [iv].

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Includes bibliographical references.

In The Birth of Tragedy Nietzsche expounds on the origins of Greek tragedy and its relevance to the German culture of its time. He declares it to be 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 critiques complacent rationalism of late nineteenth-century German culture and makes an impassioned plea for the regenerative potential of the music of Wagner. A wide ranging discussion of the nature of art, science, and religion, The Birth of Tragedy's argument raises important questions about the problematic nature of cultural origins which are still valid today.

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