Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Nietzsche on Art

by Ridley; Aaron

• ISBN13: 9780415315906
• ISBN10: 0415315905
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-04-10
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Presenting some of Nietzsche's most significant thoughts on art and literature, this enthralling account traces the development of his thinking throughout his writings and explores issues, such as: * the idea that art has a unique capacity to reveal ultimate metaphysical truth inThe Birth of Tragedy * the dominance of the Apollonian principle inHuman, all too Human * the death of god and notion of a detranscendentalized world inThe Gay Science * the contradictions and complications that emerged in Nietzsche's later writings.

Author Biography

Aaron Ridley is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southampton, UK.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. IX
Sources and Abbreviations	p. XI
Introduction	p. 1
Redemption through Art: The Birth of Tragedy	p. 9
Introduction	p. 9
An outline	p. 73
Dionysus	p. 17
The metaphysical position	p. 21
Between psychology and metaphysics	p. 27
Child's play	p. 37
Redemption through Science: Human, All Too Human	p. 34
Introduction	p. 34
The metaphysical position	p. 37
Art and science	p. 41
Genius and inspiration	p. 46
'Monumental' art	p. 51
Art and the self	p. 58
Art to the Rescue: The Gay Science	p. 61
Introduction	p. 61
The metaphysical position	p. 64
Suffering and the intellectual conscience	p. 72
The need for art	p. 78
Art and the self	p. 84
Philosophy as Art: Thus Spoke Zarathustra	p. 89
Introduction	p. 89
The teaching of ideals	p. 91
The power of art	p. 97
Zarathustra as exemplar	p. 100
Eternal recurrence	p. 102
Art and the love of fate	p. 108
The Art of Freedom: After Zarathustra	p. 112
Introduction	p. 113
The metaphysical position	p. 115
The art of works of art	p. 117
Romanticism	p. 122
Becoming who you are	p. 128
Art and the self	p. 734
Nietzsche on Wagner	p. 141
Notes	p. 156
Bibliography	p. 172
Index	p. 175
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