Description
Product ID: | 9780521639873 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy |
Title: | Nietzsche: The Birth of Tragedy and Other Writings |
Authors: | Author: Friedrich Nietzsche, Ronald Speirs, Raymond Geuss |
Page Count: | 204 |
Subjects: | Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900, Philosophy: aesthetics, Philosophy: aesthetics |
Description: | Select Guide Rating This edition of The Birth of Tragedy, one of the seminal philosophical works of the modern period, presents a new translation by Ronald Speirs and an introduction by Raymond Geuss that sets the work in its historical and philosophical context. 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. |
Imprint Name: | Cambridge University Press |
Publisher Name: | Cambridge University Press |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 1999-04-22 |