ART THAT WORKS: Nietzsche's Figures of Suffering.
Forms of life produce ways of suffering through the figuration of the experience of suffering within aesthetic contexts. Aesthetic experiences give "figure" to embodied experiences of suffering. Figures are not clearly outlined shapes but rather are gestural indications that are dynamically influent...
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University of North Carolina Press
Jun2024
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=182762162&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 182762162 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00111953 CCU jtl: Cross Currents issn: 00111953 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jun2024 vid: 74 iid: 2 pid: 2027 pub: University of North Carolina Press artinfo: ui: 182762162 10.1353/cro.2024.a951555 ppf: 172 ppct: 18 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 3.6MB tig: atl: ART THAT WORKS: Nietzsche's Figures of Suffering. aug: au: Anthony, Zoe su: Gods Personal names Greek drama Debtor & creditor Lyric poetry Wisdom Nihilism Suffering Individuation (Psychology) sug: subj: Gods Personal names Greek drama Debtor & creditor Lyric poetry Wisdom Nihilism Suffering Individuation (Psychology) keyword: aesthetic contexts Apollo Dionysus figurative representation Nietzsche Silenus suffering tragedy ab: Forms of life produce ways of suffering through the figuration of the experience of suffering within aesthetic contexts. Aesthetic experiences give "figure" to embodied experiences of suffering. Figures are not clearly outlined shapes but rather are gestural indications that are dynamically influential. Friedrich Nietzsche, in The Birth of Tragedy , deploys several "figures" of suffering, through the characters of Dionysus, Apollo, and Silenus. This article is organized into three parts. Section one articulates Nietzsche's interpretation of Dionysus and Apollo, with a focus on their connection to the problem of suffering. Section two argues that these figures do not sufficiently reply to the problem of suffering, thereby creating a new problem of suffering, which challenges traditional theodicy. Section three explores Nietzsche's interpretation of the wisdom of Silenus. From these analyses, I argue that aesthetic contexts produce interpretations of suffering that potentially yield affective reorientation toward the meaninglessness of suffering and its challenge to a flourishing, life-affirming life. It achieves this by interpreting suffering within the space not of argument against life's inherent goodness, but as, terribly, a part of it. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Cross Currents is the property of University of North Carolina Press and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Cross Currents holder: University of North Carolina Press dt: @attributes: year: 2024 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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