书名: Friedrich Nietzsche and Weimar Classicism (Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture)
作者: Paul Bishop (Author), R.H. Stephenson (Author)
出版社: Camden House (November 2004)
语言: English
ISBN-10: 1571132805
ISBN-13: 978-1571132802
Book Description
Friedrich Nietzsche and Weimar Classicism argues that the philosopher's polemics against the nineteenth-century reception of Goethe and Schiller should not obscure his own more positive evaluation of Weimar classicism, as has generally been the case. Paul Bishop and R. H. Stephenson uncover the continuing influence of Weimar classicism at the very heart of Nietzsche's aesthetic theory, which in turn became the cornerstone of his epistemological and moral concerns. The book takes as its starting point the view that Thus Spoke Zarathustra has a single, coherent message, which it identifies with what Goethe called "the gospel of beauty." A hitherto unappreciated unity of plot, style, and argument is thus revealed in both Zarathustra and Nietzsche's philosophical oeuvre as a whole, as it becomes possible to discern and elucidate how Nietzsche participates in a "perennial aesthetic." In this connection Nietzsche's statement in The Gay Science is revealing: "I want to learn more and more to see what is necessary in things as what is beautiful ? then I shall be one of those who make things beautiful." The book provides an overview of related scholarly literature; discusses Nietzsche's aesthetic theory in The Birth of Tragedy; recounts the composition of Thus Spoke Zarathustra and offers an interpretation of the "aesthetic gospel" in this central work; a concluding chapter explores the continuities in aesthetic theory from Leucippus to Ernst Cassirer. By demonstrating the constitutive function of the aesthetics of Weimar classicism in his philosophy, this book opens up a fresh and original perspective on reading Nietzsche.
Review
"(The authors) make a convincing case that both the vocabulary and imagery of Weimar aesthetics, represented principally in the writings of Goethe and Schiller, are central to Nietzsche's aesthetic project...." -- NEW NIETZSCHE STUDIES
"Students of Nietzsche ... will welcome this instructive and finely wrought study, which maps the influence of Schiller and Goethe on Nietzsche's thought." -- CHOICE
"Drawing knowledgeably on the works of Goethe and Schiller and on a wide range of sources from Nietzsche's oeuvre ... this assiduously researched study gives a new resonance to numerous passages and to key terms in Nietzsche's writings." -- GERMAN QUARTERLY
"The great strength of this study lies in its erudite and lucid discussions of Die Geburt der Tragödie and Also sprach Zarathustra in the first three chapters." -- MODERN LANGUAGE REVIEW
About the Author
Paul Bishop is Professor of German at the University of Glasgow, and editor of Nietzsche and Antiquity: His Reaction and Response to the Classical Tradition (Camden House, 2004); R. H. Stephenson is William Jacks Professor of German Language and Literature at the University of Glasgow, and author of Goethe's Conception of Knowledge and Science (Edinburgh University Press, 1995).
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作者: Paul Bishop (Author), R.H. Stephenson (Author)
出版社: Camden House (November 2004)
语言: English
ISBN-10: 1571132805
ISBN-13: 978-1571132802
Book Description
Friedrich Nietzsche and Weimar Classicism argues that the philosopher's polemics against the nineteenth-century reception of Goethe and Schiller should not obscure his own more positive evaluation of Weimar classicism, as has generally been the case. Paul Bishop and R. H. Stephenson uncover the continuing influence of Weimar classicism at the very heart of Nietzsche's aesthetic theory, which in turn became the cornerstone of his epistemological and moral concerns. The book takes as its starting point the view that Thus Spoke Zarathustra has a single, coherent message, which it identifies with what Goethe called "the gospel of beauty." A hitherto unappreciated unity of plot, style, and argument is thus revealed in both Zarathustra and Nietzsche's philosophical oeuvre as a whole, as it becomes possible to discern and elucidate how Nietzsche participates in a "perennial aesthetic." In this connection Nietzsche's statement in The Gay Science is revealing: "I want to learn more and more to see what is necessary in things as what is beautiful ? then I shall be one of those who make things beautiful." The book provides an overview of related scholarly literature; discusses Nietzsche's aesthetic theory in The Birth of Tragedy; recounts the composition of Thus Spoke Zarathustra and offers an interpretation of the "aesthetic gospel" in this central work; a concluding chapter explores the continuities in aesthetic theory from Leucippus to Ernst Cassirer. By demonstrating the constitutive function of the aesthetics of Weimar classicism in his philosophy, this book opens up a fresh and original perspective on reading Nietzsche.
Review
"(The authors) make a convincing case that both the vocabulary and imagery of Weimar aesthetics, represented principally in the writings of Goethe and Schiller, are central to Nietzsche's aesthetic project...." -- NEW NIETZSCHE STUDIES
"Students of Nietzsche ... will welcome this instructive and finely wrought study, which maps the influence of Schiller and Goethe on Nietzsche's thought." -- CHOICE
"Drawing knowledgeably on the works of Goethe and Schiller and on a wide range of sources from Nietzsche's oeuvre ... this assiduously researched study gives a new resonance to numerous passages and to key terms in Nietzsche's writings." -- GERMAN QUARTERLY
"The great strength of this study lies in its erudite and lucid discussions of Die Geburt der Tragödie and Also sprach Zarathustra in the first three chapters." -- MODERN LANGUAGE REVIEW
About the Author
Paul Bishop is Professor of German at the University of Glasgow, and editor of Nietzsche and Antiquity: His Reaction and Response to the Classical Tradition (Camden House, 2004); R. H. Stephenson is William Jacks Professor of German Language and Literature at the University of Glasgow, and author of Goethe's Conception of Knowledge and Science (Edinburgh University Press, 1995).
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