Nietzsche's Aesthetics

Essays and Quarrels
Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-0-19-899354-4
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 585 g

In this collection of eighteen essays, two-thirds of them appearing here for the first time, Aaron Ridley addresses the full range of Nietzsche's aesthetics, from his discussions of tragedy, music, and language to his conceptions of taste, beauty, and the sublime. Some of the essays are exegetical; some are critical (hence the 'quarrels' referred to in the title); some bring his thought into contact with other thoughts and thinkers; while others bring him into contact with specific artists and their art. Intended equally for specialists and students, this volume contributes to the study of an aspect of Nietzsche's philosophy that remains surprisingly under-explored.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ridley, Aaron

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- 1: Nietzsche and the Arts of Life

- 2: Why Goethe Can't Be Faust

- 3: The Problem of the Actor

- 4: Nietzsche on Tragedy: First and Last Thoughts

- 5: Apollo and Socrates

- 6: Art as the Good Will to Appearance

- 7: Une Promesse de Bonheur?

- 8: A Brief History of the Sublime

- 9: Art and Ordinary Language

- 10: Nietzsche and Music

- 11: Tristan without Tristan

- 12: The Sorrows and Grandeur of Friedrich Nietzsche

- 13: Delius's Zarathustra

- 14: Sketchbooks of Genius

- 15: Nietzsche, Nature, Nurture

- 16: Artistic Necessity

- 17: Marching to Different Drums?

- 18: Nietzsche's Aesthetic Affirmations

- Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Educated at the universities of York (BA) and Cambridge (PhD), Aaron Ridley has taught at UCNW Bangor, Ithaca College, NY, and, since 1994, the University of Southampton, where he is Professor of Philosophy. His chief research interests are aesthetics, especially musical aesthetics, and the thought of Friedrich Nietzsche, and his books include Music, Value and the Passions (1995), Nietzsche's Conscience: Six Character Studies from the 'Genealogy' (1998), The Philosophy of Music: Theme and Variations (2004), Nietzsche on Art (2007), The Deed is Everything: Nietzsche on Will and Action (2018), and Singularities: Essays in Aesthetics (2024).