Nietzsche's Philosophy of Art (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521455756)

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.

Author: Julian Young,Young Julian
ISBN-10: 0521455758
ISBN-13: 9780521455756
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 01/28/1994
Pages: 188
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 8.94h x 5.98w x 0.49d