Nietzsche and Merleau-Ponty Art, Sacred Life, and Phenomenology of Flesh

It has been little remarked that Nietzsche’sBirth of Tragedy¹ made Raphael’s magnificent painting of the transfiguration of Christ the “monogram” of Nietzsche’s account of the origin of tragedy and his philosophy of art. Moreover, since that work introduces us to the figure of Dionysus, who plays an...

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Published inNietzsche and Phenomenology p. 195
Main Author Galen A. Johnson
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Indiana University Press 19.06.2013
Subjects
Abstract art
Aesthetics
Apollonian
Apostles
Art genres and movements
Art history
Arts
Axiology
Christian philosophy
Christianity
Christology
Clergy
Continental philosophy
Dionysian
Metaphilosophy
Nietzschean philosophy
Phenomenology
Philosophy
Practical theology
Religion
Rock paintings
Spiritual belief systems
Spiritual leaders
Theology
Transfiguration
Visual arts
Western philosophy
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Summary:It has been little remarked that Nietzsche’sBirth of Tragedy¹ made Raphael’s magnificent painting of the transfiguration of Christ the “monogram” of Nietzsche’s account of the origin of tragedy and his philosophy of art. Moreover, since that work introduces us to the figure of Dionysus, who plays an increasingly definitive role for Nietzsche’s entire philosophy as it unfolds in the later writings, we can add more emphatically that Raphael’sTransfiguration, as ironic as it may seem, is the monogram of the philosophy of the death of God. The goal of this paper will be to show how this is the
ISBN:9780253009258
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