Download or read book Pessimism and the Tragic Vision written by John Jerome von Szeliski and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 818 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Reading Nietzsche written by Robert C. Solomon and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1988 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paying particular attention to the issue of how to read Nietzsche, this book presents a series of accessible essays on the work of this influential German philosopher. The contributions include many of the leading Nietzsche scholars in the United States today - Frithjof Bergmann, Arthur Danto, Bernd Magnus, Christopher Middleton, Lars Gustaffson, Alexander Nehamas, Richard Schacht, Gary Shapiro, and Ivan Soll - and the majority of the essays have never been published. Works discussed include On the Genealogy of Morals, Beyond Good and Evil, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Twilight of the Idols, and The Will to Power.
Download or read book Questioning Racinian Tragedy written by John Campbell and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Noting significant differences between the individual tragedies of Racine and the many current notions of what "Racinian tragedy" is deemed to imply, John Campbell explores the identity and meaning of the modern "Racine." He asks if any one critical parad
Download or read book The Birth of Tragedy written by Friedrich Nietzsche and published by The Floating Press. This book was released on 2016-12-01 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic work of creative criticism from German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche argues that ancient Greek drama represents the highest form of art ever produced. In the first section of the book, Nietzsche presents an in-depth analysis of Athenian tragedy and its many merits. In the second section, Nietzsche contrasts the refinement of classical tragedy with what he regards as the cultural wasteland of the nineteenth-century.
Download or read book The Birth of Tragedy or Hellenism and Pessimism written by Friedrich Nietzsche and published by Livraria Press. This book was released on with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nietzsche wrote "The Birth of Tragedy from the Spirit of Music", one of his most influential works, during his intensive friendship with Richard Wagner in Basel, after meeting him in Leipzig in 1868. In 1869, at the young age of 24, Nietzsche accepted a professorship in philology, which facilitated his acquaintance with the composer, who lived in Tribschen. In 1871, he began work on his book, originally titled "Origin and Goal of Tragedy". When it was published in Leipzig in January 1872, Die Geburt der Tragödie aus dem Geist der Musik (The Birth of Tragedy from the Spirit of Music) was warmly received by Wagner. The scholarly community, however, remained largely silent, except for the classical philologist Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff (1848-1931), Nietzsche's former colleague, who criticized the book in his "Zukunftsphilologie. Wilamowitz's critique shaped the direction of classical studies well into the 1940s, leaving Nietzsche largely marginalized. Nietzsche was 27 at the time of publication, and largely summarizes all of his major ideas up until that point. This translation is from the second edition Nietzsche published in 1886, which was re-titled "The birth of tragedy or Hellenism and Pessimism", sometimes translated "Greekness and Pessimism". This second edition contains the famous essay "Attempt at Self-Criticism". Here he introduces to the public the concepts of the Apollonian and Dionysian forces, representing the rational, orderly aspects of human existence and the chaotic, instinctual elements, respectively. Nietzsche argues that the interplay between these forces is central to the creation of meaningful art, particularly in the genre of tragedy, which he sees as a profound expression of the human condition. This seminal work posits that the beauty of the Greek tragedy arose from the tension and interplay between these Psychological opposing forces, suggesting that tragedy embodies the fundamental contradictions of human realities. Freudian theories of the subconscious were deeply influenced by Nietzsche and Schopenhauer's belief in these meta-psychological forces, which Nietzsche calls later the "inner gods". This new 2024 translation from the original German, Latin and Greek manuscript contains a new Afterword by the translator, a timeline of Nietzsche's life and works, an index with descriptions of his core concepts and summaries of his complete body of works. This translation is designed to allow the armchair philosopher to engage deeply with Nietzsche's works without having to be a full-time Academic. The language is modern and clean, with simplified sentence structures and diction to make Nietzsche's complex language and arguments as accessible as possible. This Reader's Edition also contains extra material that amplifies the manuscript with autobiographical, historical and linguistic context. This provides the reader a holistic view of this very enigmatic philosopher as both an introduction and an exploration of Nietzsche's works; from his general understanding of his philosophic project to an exploration of the depths of his metaphysics and unique contributions. This edition contains: • An Afterword by the Translator on the history, impact and intellectual legacy of Nietzsche • Translation notes on the original German manuscript • An index of Philosophical concepts used by Nietzsche with a focus on Existentialism and Phenomenology • A complete chronological list of Nietzsche's entire body of works • A detailed timeline of Nietzsche's life journey
Download or read book THE BIRTH OF TRAGEDY Classical Art vs Nihilism written by Friedrich Nietzsche and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2017-04-17 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This carefully crafted ebook: "THE BIRTH OF TRAGEDY” is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. "The Birth of Tragedy” subtitled as "Hellenism and Pessimism” is a work of dramatic theory which discusses the history of the tragic form and introduces an intellectual dichotomy between the Dionysian and the Apollonian. Nietzsche believed that in classical Athenian tragedy an art form that transcended the pessimism and nihilism of a fundamentally meaningless world. Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) was a German philosopher, poet, and Latin and Greek scholar whose work has exerted a profound influence on Western philosophy and modern intellectual history. Because of Nietzsche's evocative style and provocative ideas, his philosophy generates passionate reactions. His works remain controversial, due to varying interpretations and misinterpretations of his work. In the Western philosophy tradition, Nietzsche's writings have been described as the unique case of free revolutionary thought, that is, revolutionary in its structure and problems, although not tied to any revolutionary project.
Download or read book The Birth of Tragedy written by Friedrich Nietzsche and published by Musaicum Books. This book was released on 2017-10-06 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Birth of Tragedy" subtitled as "Hellenism and Pessimism" is a work of dramatic theory which discusses the history of the tragic form and introduces an intellectual dichotomy between the Dionysian and the Apollonian. Nietzsche believed that in classical Athenian tragedy an art form that transcended the pessimism and nihilism of a fundamentally meaningless world. Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) was a German philosopher, poet, and Latin and Greek scholar whose work has exerted a profound influence on Western philosophy and modern intellectual history. Because of Nietzsche's evocative style and provocative ideas, his philosophy generates passionate reactions. His works remain controversial, due to varying interpretations and misinterpretations of his work. In the Western philosophy tradition, Nietzsche's writings have been described as the unique case of free revolutionary thought, that is, revolutionary in its structure and problems, although not tied to any revolutionary project.
Download or read book The Smile of Tragedy written by Daniel R. Ahern and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2015-06-26 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Smile of Tragedy, Daniel Ahern examines Nietzsche’s attitude toward what he called “the tragic age of the Greeks,” showing it to be the foundation not only for his attack upon the birth of philosophy during the Socratic era but also for his overall critique of Western culture. Through an interpretation of “Dionysian pessimism,” Ahern clarifies the ways in which Nietzsche sees ethics and aesthetics as inseparable and how their theoretical separation is at the root of Western nihilism. Ahern explains why Nietzsche, in creating this precursor to a new aesthetics, rejects Aristotle’s medicinal interpretation of tragic art and concentrates on Apollinian cruelty as a form of intoxication without which there can be no art. Ahern shows that Nietzsche saw the human body as the vessel through which virtue and art are possible, as the path to an interpretation of “selflessness,” as the means to determining an order of rank among human beings, and as the site where ethics and aesthetics coincide.
Download or read book The Tragic Vision of African American Religion written by M. Johnson and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-05-24 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many have used the term 'tragic' to refer to African American religious and cultural experience. After a studied meditation on and articulation of the 'tragic vision,' Johnson argues that African American Christian Consciousness is an expression of the tragic and a tragic expression of the Christian Faith.
Download or read book Tragic Posture and Tragic Vision written by Louis A. Ruprecht and published by Burns & Oates. This book was released on 1994 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Exemplary Scholarship.... Ruprecht invites the reader to a bold dialogue". -- Christianity and Literature
Download or read book The Smile of Tragedy Nietzsche and the Art of Virtue written by and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche written by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Smile of Tragedy written by Daniel R. Ahern and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2015-06-26 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Smile of Tragedy, Daniel Ahern examines Nietzsche’s attitude toward what he called “the tragic age of the Greeks,” showing it to be the foundation not only for his attack upon the birth of philosophy during the Socratic era but also for his overall critique of Western culture. Through an interpretation of “Dionysian pessimism,” Ahern clarifies the ways in which Nietzsche sees ethics and aesthetics as inseparable and how their theoretical separation is at the root of Western nihilism. Ahern explains why Nietzsche, in creating this precursor to a new aesthetics, rejects Aristotle’s medicinal interpretation of tragic art and concentrates on Apollinian cruelty as a form of intoxication without which there can be no art. Ahern shows that Nietzsche saw the human body as the vessel through which virtue and art are possible, as the path to an interpretation of “selflessness,” as the means to determining an order of rank among human beings, and as the site where ethics and aesthetics coincide.
Download or read book The Birth of Tragedy written by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pessimism in International Relations written by Tim Stevens and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-06-29 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores the past, present and future of pessimism in International Relations. It seeks to differentiate pessimism from cynicism and fatalism and assess its possibilities as a respectable perspective on national and international politics. The book traces the origins of pessimism in political thought from antiquity through to the present day, illuminating its role in key schools of International Relations and in the work of important international political theorists. The authors analyse the resurgence of pessimism in contemporary politics, such as in the new populism, attitudes to migration, indigenous politics, and the Anthropocene. This edited volume provides the first collection of scholarly work on pessimism in International Relations theory and practice and offers fresh perspectives on an intellectual position often considered as disreputable as it is venerable.
Download or read book The Birth of Tragedy Or Hellenism and Pessimism written by F. W. Nietzsche and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-02-11 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nietzsche found in classical Athenian tragedy an art form that transcended the pessimism and nihilism of a fundamentally meaningless world. The Greek spectators, by looking into the abyss of human suffering and affirming it, passionately and joyously affirmed the meaning of their own existence. They knew themselves to be infinitely more than petty individuals, finding self-affirmation not in another life, not in a world to come, but in the terror and ecstasy alike celebrated in the performance of tragedies.
Download or read book Pessimism written by Joshua Foa Dienstag and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2009-02-17 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pessimism claims an impressive following--from Rousseau, Schopenhauer, and Nietzsche, to Freud, Camus, and Foucault. Yet "pessimist" remains a term of abuse--an accusation of a bad attitude--or the diagnosis of an unhappy psychological state. Pessimism is thought of as an exclusively negative stance that inevitably leads to resignation or despair. Even when pessimism looks like utter truth, we are told that it makes the worst of a bad situation. Bad for the individual, worse for the species--who would actually counsel pessimism? Joshua Foa Dienstag does. In Pessimism, he challenges the received wisdom about pessimism, arguing that there is an unrecognized yet coherent and vibrant pessimistic philosophical tradition. More than that, he argues that pessimistic thought may provide a critically needed alternative to the increasingly untenable progressivist ideas that have dominated thinking about politics throughout the modern period. Laying out powerful grounds for pessimism's claim that progress is not an enduring feature of human history, Dienstag argues that political theory must begin from this predicament. He persuasively shows that pessimism has been--and can again be--an energizing and even liberating philosophy, an ethic of radical possibility and not just a criticism of faith. The goal--of both the pessimistic spirit and of this fascinating account of pessimism--is not to depress us, but to edify us about our condition and to fortify us for life in a disordered and disenchanted universe.
