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Title: | Tragedy and Affirmation |
Authors: | Lawrence, Jeff |
Advisor: | Ajzenstat, S. |
Department: | Philosophy |
Keywords: | Philosophy;Philosophy |
Publication Date: | May-1999 |
Abstract: | <p>This thesis offers an interpretation of a passage from section 18 of Nietzsche's The Birth of Tragedy. In the passage, Nietzsche makes two puzzling claims which have generated interest in the recent secondary literature: (1) he says that the effect of tragedy is an illusion, and (2) he equates tragic culture with Buddhism. Some commentators have argued that these two claims contradict the book's central theses. I canvass two such readings: Maudemarie Clark's "standard interpretation" and Paul de Man's "postmodernist interpretation." I examine and reject both readings on the grounds that they fail to interpret some of Nietzsche's key terminology correctly. In opposition to these interpretations, I then formulate a more positive reading of section 18 which establishes that both claims are actually consistent with the rest of the text.</p> |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11375/14025 |
Identifier: | opendissertations/8855 9932 5347223 |
Appears in Collections: | Open Access Dissertations and Theses |
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