|
The Birth of Tragedy (Oxford World's Classics) | 
 enlarge | Author: Friedrich Nietzsche
Creator: Douglas Smith
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Category: Book
List Price: $10.95
Buy New: $7.02
You Save: $3.93 (36%)
New (20) Used (3) from $7.02
Avg. Customer Rating:  29 reviews
Sales Rank: 111029
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 224
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.1 x 0.6
ISBN: 0199540144
Dewey Decimal Number: 100
EAN: 9780199540143
ASIN: 0199540144
Publication Date: August 1, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: Brand New, Perfect Condition, Please allow 4-14 business days for delivery. 100% Money Back Guarantee, Over 1,000,000 customers served.
|
| Also Available In:
|
| Similar Items:
|
| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
In The Birth of Tragedy Nietzsche expounds on the origins of Greek tragedy and its relevance to the German culture of its time. He declares it to be the expression of a culture which has achieved a delicate but powerful balance between Dionysian insight into the chaos and suffering which underlies all existence and the discipline and clarity of rational Apollonian form. In order to promote a return to these values, Nietzsche critiques complacent rationalism of late nineteenth-century German culture and makes an impassioned plea for the regenerative potential of the music of Wagner. A wide ranging discussion of the nature of art, science, and religion, The Birth of Tragedy's argument raises important questions about the problematic nature of cultural origins which are still valid today.
|
| Customer Reviews: Read 24 more reviews...
 Great value March 27, 2008
The book is a great value for the price, but there isn't much in the way of extras. I just wanted the text, though, and this is great.
 Just some logistics... February 24, 2008
Just so you know, THIS particular copy of The Birth of Tragedy is NOT split up into the chapters. It's just continuous text all the way through. This is not much of a problem for the recreational reader, but as I am a student, I had to know exactly which portions to focus on. I had to find a text copy online so I knew where to write the numbers. The cover looks like it was made MS Paint too...
Nietzsche's Best, in my opinion December 14, 2007
This is a slendor volume, yet it is my favorite of all of Nietzsche's works. So far as I can tell it is a fairly good translation, but obviously this book has not gotten the amount of attention that his other works have, so perhaps the definitive translation has not yet arrived.
In my opinion, this book offers original and excellent insights in the area of classical scholarship. It also provides a good introduction for Nietzsche's later philosophy. I also feel that it is a must read for creative people.
 defective merchandise March 3, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is one of maybe five reviews I've ever written online. I only do so if I absolutely love a product or am absolutely appalled by something I wish a fellow amazon addict had included in an online review. This will be the latter. This book is rife with translation errors. Not even so much translation errors because I don't speak German but basic grammatical mistakes; "From another perspective we see the force of this un-Dionysian spirit in action directing its effects against myth, when we turn our gaze toward the way in which the way in which the presentation..." -page 56 (this is just one in a long list of examples). Another weird fact about this book is that it is the size of a magazine? I have no fundamental problem with that, I loved JG Ballard's The Atrocity Exhibition which had the same dimensions; however because this book is a mere 80 pages it's just awkward to read. Do yourself a favor and buy another version of this book that doesn't have an abundance of errors. The only saving grace for this POS are the ideas contained therein.
The Op. 1 of Frederic Niezsche ! November 1, 2004
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
The first essay of this giant philosopher is deeply influenced for the echoes of Schopenhauer and Richard Wagner and pretends expose a new conception of the world : the tragic thought, , the intuition of the unity of the things , the converse affirmation of the life and death , the timeless return , the innocence of becoming .
Fundamental text if you want to get ready for the Apollonian and Dionisus duel!
|
|
|
Copyright 2008 - RailroadBookstore.com
| |
