| Crossings: Nietzsche and the Space of Tragedy Contributor(s): Sallis, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 0226734366 ISBN-13: 9780226734361 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $98.01 Product Type: Hardcover Published: April 1991 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Modern |
| Dewey: 193 |
| LCCN: 90043060 |
| Series: Studies in Continental Thought (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 0.74" H x 5.72" W x 8.83" (0.70 lbs) 168 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Boldly contesting recent scholarship, Sallis argues that The Birth of Tragedy is a rethinking of art at the limit of metaphysics. His close reading focuses on the complexity of the Apollinian/Dionysian dyad and on the crossing of these basic art impulses in tragedy. Sallis effectively calls into question some commonly accepted and simplistic ideas about Nietzsche's early thinking and its debt to Schopenhauer, and proposes alternatives that are worth considering.--Richard Schacht, Times Literary Supplement |