Nietzsche: The Birth of Tragedy and Other Writings

Hardback

Main Details

Title Nietzsche: The Birth of Tragedy and Other Writings
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Friedrich Nietzsche
Edited by Raymond Geuss
Edited by Ronald Speirs
SeriesCambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:204
Dimensions(mm): Height 236,Width 157
Category/GenreWestern philosophy - c 1600 to c 1900
Philosophy - aesthetics
ISBN/Barcode 9780521630160
ClassificationsDewey:111.85
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 22 April 1999
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

The Birth of Tragedy is one of the seminal philosophical works of the modern period. Nietzsche's discussion of the nature of culture, of the conditions under which it can flourish and of those under which it will decline, his analysis of the sources of discontent with the modern world, his criticism of rationalism and of traditional morality, his aesthetic theories and his conception of the 'Dionysiac' have had a profound influence on the philosophy, literature, music, and politics of the twentieth century. This edition presents a new translation by Ronald Speirs and an introduction by Raymond Geuss that sets the work in its historical and philosophical context. The volume also includes two essays on related topics that Nietzsche wrote during the same period, and that throw further light on the themes treated in the main text.

Reviews

'The main purpose of the book was to challenge nineteenth-century idealisations of classical Greece: ancient tragedy at its greatest, Nietzsche argued, was animated not by orderliness and quite decorum but by an inebriated frenzy of music, dnace and rollicking enormity.' New Humanist