Modernity between Wagner and Nietzsche [electronic resource].
Series: Graven ImagesPublication details: Lanham : Lexington Books, 2015.Description: 1 online resource (199 pages)Content type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780739193167
- 0739193163
- Christian philosophy
- Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900
- Philosophy and religion
- Philosophy, Modern -- 19th century
- Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883
- Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883
- Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900
- Philosophy, Modern -- 19th century
- Christian philosophy
- Philosophy and religion
- PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern
- 193
- B803 .P66 2015
Print version record.
Title Page; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Wagner's Ring; Tristan und Isolde; Parsifal; Postlude Recapitulated as Prelude in Nietzsche; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.
<Span><span style=""font-style:italic;"">Modernity between Wagner and Nietzsche </span><span>argues that the operas and writings of Wagner contradict the values that are fundamental to modernity. Analyzing Wagner's works in contrast to the philosophical thought of Nietzsche, Brayton Polka examines how Wagner breaks with Nietzsche and their common influencer, Schopenhauer. </span></span>
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