Two erotic ideals
In his article Nietzsche, Tristan, and the rehabilitation of erotic distance' Joseph D. Kuzma identifies two seemingly opposed erotic ideals in Wagner's Tristan and Isolde. He claims that Nietzsche applauded the first and sought to dispense with the second, and that this was his solution...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2015]
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Religious studies
Year: 2015, Volume: 51, Issue: 1, Pages: 41-59 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Nietzsche, Friedrich 1844-1900
/ Wagner, Richard 1813-1883, Tristan und Isolde
/ Eros (Concept of)
/ Ideal (motif)
/ Schopenhauer, Arthur 1788-1860
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| IxTheo Classification: | VA Philosophy |
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| Summary: | In his article Nietzsche, Tristan, and the rehabilitation of erotic distance' Joseph D. Kuzma identifies two seemingly opposed erotic ideals in Wagner's Tristan and Isolde. He claims that Nietzsche applauded the first and sought to dispense with the second, and that this was his solution to the problem of nihilism. I argue that this solution' is as ill-defined as the ideals it involves, and that it either consigns us to hell or offers a terminological variant upon theism. I rescue Schopenhauer from some familiar charges and make a link with Simone Weil's reflections upon love's impossibility. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-901X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religious studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0034412514000183 |