Bruce Ellis Benson: Pious Nietzsche

Cover: 9780253218742 | Pious Nietzsche | Decadence and Dionysian Faith | Bruce Ellis Benson

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In Pious Nietzsche, Bruce Ellis Benson puts forward the surprising idea that Nietzsche was never a godless nihilist, but was instead deeply religious. But how does Nietzsche affirm life and faith in the midst of decadence and decay? Benson looks carefully at Nietzsche's life history and views of three decadents, Socrates, Wagner, and Paul, to come to grips with his pietistic turn. Key to this understanding is Benson's interpretation of the powerful effect that Nietzsche thinks music has on the human spirit. Benson claims that Nietzsche's improvisations at the piano were emblematic of the Dionysian or frenzied, ecstatic state he sought, but was ultimately unable to achieve, before he descended into madness. For its insights into questions of faith, decadence, and transcendence, this book is an important contribution to Nietzsche studies, philosophy, and religion.

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Bruce Ellis Benson

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

Preface: Reading Nietzsche

Acknowledgments

List of Abbreviations

Introduction: Improvising Pietism

Part 1. From Christian Pietism to Dionysian Pietism

1. The Prayers and Tears of Young Fritz

2. The Euthanasia of Christianity

3. The Piety of Zarathustra

Part 2. Profiles in Decadence

4. Nietzsche's Decadence

5. Socrates' Fate

6. Wagner's Redemption

7. Paul's Revenge

Part 3. Nietzsche's New Pietism

8. Deconstructing the Redeemer

9. Nietzsche's Musical Askêsis

10. We, Too, Are Still Pious

Notes

Works Cited

Index

Details

Empfohlen (von):	22
Erscheinungsjahr:	2007
Genre:	Importe , Philosophie
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Reihe:	Indiana University Press (IPS)
Inhalt:	Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13:	9780253218742
ISBN-10:	0253218748
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Benson, Bruce Ellis
Hersteller:	Indiana University Press Indiana University Press (IPS)
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Mare Nostrum Group B.V., Doelen 72, ?-4831 GR Breda, gpsr@mare-nostrum.co.uk
Maße:	234 x 156 x 16 mm
Von/Mit:	Bruce Ellis Benson
Erscheinungsdatum:	17.12.2007
Gewicht:	0,453 kg