Nietzsche's Philosophy of Art

by Julian Young

2021-01-01 21:45:21

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 ... Read more
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. Less

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File size8.94 X 5.98 X 0.47 in
Print pages188
PublisherCambridge University Press
Publication date January 28, 1994
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780521411240
Julian Young is William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Humanities Emeritus at Wake Forest University, USA, and Honorary Research Associate at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. He is the author of fi...

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