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The Case of Wagner and Nietzsche Contra Wagner

The Case of Wagner and Nietzsche Contra Wagner

Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm
Common, Thomas

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Philosophy

ISBN10: 1420948806
ISBN13: 9781420948806
Publisher: Digireads.Com
Published: Jan 1 2013
Pages: 38
Weight: 0.15
Height: 0.09 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The Case of Wagner is a critique of German composer Richard Wagner in which Friedrich Nietzsche makes a very public split with the musician. Nietzsche found himself at odds with Wagner's increasing involvement in the Völkisch movement and anti-Semitism. The critique of Wagner is something that is seen throughout Nietzsche's work, beginning with The Birth of Tragedy, wherein he praised Wagner as fulfilling a need in music to go beyond the analytic and dispassionate understanding of music. Further praise for the musician can be found in Nietzsche's essay 'Wagner at Bayreuth', contained in Untimely Meditations. However in Human, All Too Human, Nietzsche begins to express his disillusion with Wagner the composer and the man. The Case of Wagner was one of the last works authored by Nietzsche. It was followed by Nietzsche contra Wagner, also included in this edition, in which Nietzsche summarizes his criticisms of Wagner from his previous writings.

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