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In opposing himself to the view that tragedy produces its greatest impact through catharsis, Nietzsche is opposing an entire tradition of tragic criticism that descended from Aristotle’s understanding of the genre (“since Aristotle”), not least of all its later exponents from the modern era, whom Nietzsche labels “our aestheticians ...
- James I. Porter
Nov 1, 2016 · I focus on the contemporary sidelining of catharsis in order to understand certain directions in modern art and continental aesthetics. I argue that Nietzsche's anticathartic reading can be explained in terms of his critique of natural causation.
- Kalliopi Nikolopoulou
- 2016
Jul 4, 2016 · His view of catharsis is neither simple nor entirely uniform across his corpus. Nietzsche’s understanding of catharsis proves to be much closer to the view he appears to reject, and much closer to classicism’s reading of tragedy than one might suppose.
Sep 13, 2012 · This chapter examines Nietzsche’s treatment of the tragic myth and break with Schopenhauer’s pessimism, his thesis that tragedy is a synthesis of Apollinian and Dionysian elements, and the problem of the philosophical interpretation of the tragic myth.
Nov 1, 2018 · Nietzsche’s Catharsis: The Theory of Tragedy and the Anthropology of Power. Nietzsche’s conception of catharsis undercuts the Aristotelian tradition by emphasizing that catharsis does not aim at a purification of the passions but at a cleansing of human judgment from moral sentiment.
The perception that the seeds of Nietzsche's later philosophy are already present in The Birth of Tragedy is an attractive insight. However, by clarifying what he takes to be an overriding pattern of irony of the text, de Man restores to Nietzsche's book a new rhetorical consistency, which seems at odds with the
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Oct 12, 2016 · Reflections on Catharsis in an Anticathartic Age. This essay is a critical analysis of Nietzsche’s anti-Aristotelian reading of tragedy. My purpose is to show Aristotle’s relevance for our age, which is strongly inflected by Nietzsche.
