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Nietzsche on Art and Life.

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Nietzsche had a particular interest in the relationship between art and life, and in art's contribution to his philosophical aims - to identify the conditions of the affirmation of life, cultural renewal, and exemplary human living. These new essays demonstrate that understanding his engagement...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Came, Daniel
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Scholarship Online, 2014.
Subjects:
Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, > 1844-1900.
Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, > 1844-1900
Art and philosophy.
Aesthetics, Modern > 19th century.
Aesthetics, Modern.
Art et philosophie.
Esthétique > 19e siècle.
Aesthetics, Modern
Art and philosophy
1800-1899
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • ""Cover""; ""Nietzsche on Art and Life""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Contributors""; ""A Note on References""; ""Works by Nietzsche""; ""Works by Schopenhauer""; ""Works by Wagner""; ""Introduction""; ""References""; ""1: Art and Affirmation""; ""1 AFFIRMATION AND ILLUSION""; ""2 TWO POINTS OF VIEW: â€?SPECTATORâ€? VS. â€?CREATORâ€?""; ""3 TWO PARADOXES OF AFFIRMATION""; ""4 THE CONCEPT OF BEAUTY""; ""5 THE MEANING OF TRAGEDY""; ""REFERENCES""; ""2: Beauty is False, Truth Ugly: Nietzsche on Art and Life""; ""1 ART, INSIGHT, AND ILLUSION""
  • ""2 TRUTH AND ILLUSION IN APOLLONIAN ART""""3 TRAGIC ART AND TRUTH""; ""4 ART, TRUTH, AND SOCRATISM""; ""5 ART AND TRUTH IN THE LATER NIETZSCHE""; ""6 UNEASE ABOUT THE NATURE AND VALUE OF TRUTH""; ""REFERENCES""; ""3: Nietzsche on Tragedy and Morality""; ""1 INTRODUCTION""; ""2 TRAGEDY, MORALITY, AND HAPPINESS: SOCRATESâ€? CHALLENGE""; ""3 â€?NOT ONLY FOR PLEASUREâ€?: THE MORAL VIEW OF TRAGEDY""; ""4 NIETZSCHE AND THE REVALUATION OF TRAGEDY""; ""5 NIETZSCHEâ€?S LEGACY RECONSIDERED""; ""REFERENCES""; ""4: Nietzscheâ€?s Illusion""; ""1 INTRODUCTION""
  • ""2 MYTHICAL NARRATIVES AND NARRATIVES OF MYTH""""3 METAPHYSICS AND PESSIMISM""; ""4 NIETZSCHE VERSUS SCHOPENHAUER ON THE PROBLEM OF PESSIMISM""; ""5 THE CONSOLATION OF ILLUSION VERSUS THE CONSOLATION OF METAPHYSICAL INSIGHT""; ""6 THREE TYPES OF COMFORTING ILLUSION""; ""7 SCHOPENHAUER, WAGNER, AND NIETZSCHE ON THE FUNCTION OF ILLUSION""; ""8 CONCLUSION""; ""9 CODA: A NIETZSCHEAN SOLUTION TO THE PARADOX OF TRAGEDY""; ""REFERENCES""; ""5: Orchestral Metaphysics: The Birth of Tragedy between Drama, Opera, and Philosophy""; ""1 THE SATYRâ€?S VISION: TRAGIC DRAMA""
  • ""2 INTERLUDE: THE OPERATIC TRANSFIGURATION OF VOICE, BODY, AND WORDS""""3 THEORETICAL MAN: SOCRATES AS A MASK OF APOLLO""; ""REFERENCES""; ""6: Nietzsche on the Aesthetics of Character and Virtue""; ""1""; ""2""; ""3""; ""4""; ""5""; ""6""; ""7""; ""8""; ""9""; ""10""; ""References""; ""7: Zarathustra vs. Faust, or Anti-Romantic Rivalry among Superhumans""; ""REFERENCES""; ""8: Attuned, Transcendent, and Transfigured: Nietzscheâ€?s Appropriation of Schopenhauerâ€?s Aesthetic Psychology""; ""1 SCHOPENHAUERâ€?S LEGACY: THE PROBLEM OF EXISTENCE""; ""1.1""; ""1.2""
  • ""2 ILLUSTRATING TRANSFIGURATION: TORQUATO TASSO""""2.1""; ""2.2""; ""2.3""; ""3 THE ATTUNEMENT CONDITION""; ""3.1""; ""3.2""; ""3.3""; ""3.4""; ""4 DISINTERESTED SELF-TRANSCENDENCE AND AESTHETIC DELIGHT""; ""4.1""; ""4.2""; ""4.3""; ""5 TRANSFIGURATION AND SELF-OVERCOMING""; ""5.1""; ""5.2""; ""5.3""; ""REFERENCES""; ""9: Nietzsche on Distance, Beauty, and Truth""; ""1""; ""2""; ""3""; ""4""; ""5""; ""6""; ""References""; ""10: Nietzsche and Music""; ""1 NIETZSCHEâ€?S TASTES""; ""2 WHY MUSIC?""; ""3 PHILOSOPHY AS MUSIC""; ""4 CARMEN CONTRA PARSIFAL""; ""5 THE MUSICAL PHILOSOPHER""