Ryan Harvey and Aaron Ridley put Wagner centre-stage to show why he mattered so much to Nietzsche. Looking at both The Case of Wagner and Nietzsche Contra Wagner, they identify and define the trajectory of a number of overarching themes modernity, decadence and Wagner as the sign of decline within Nietzsche's work as a whole and then demonstrate how they crystallise into Nietzsche's final and most substantial discussion of Wagner in The Case of Wagner.Assuming no prior knowledge of Nietzsche or the texts, they offer a chapter-by-chapter interpretation of The Case of Wagner addressing especially why Wagner is a 'case' for Nietzsche.

About the Author
Ryan Harvey, Lecturer in Philosophy, The California State University. Aaron Ridley, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southampton, University of Southampton.


Book Information
ISBN 9781474461368
Author Ryan Harvey
Format Paperback
Page Count 280
Imprint Edinburgh University Press
Publisher Edinburgh University Press