Modernity Between Wagner and Nietzsche
Author:   Brayton Polka
Publisher:   Lexington Books
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9781322974378


Pages:   219
Publication Date:   01 January 2015
Format:   Electronic book text
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Modernity Between Wagner and Nietzsche


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Author:   Brayton Polka
Publisher:   Lexington Books
Imprint:   Lexington Books
ISBN:  

9781322974378


ISBN 10:   1322974373
Pages:   219
Publication Date:   01 January 2015
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Electronic book text
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
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Passionately and accessibly written, Brayton Polka's new book offers a bracingchallenge tothe prevailingviewof Wagner and Nietzsche as the twin-progenitors of aesthetic modernism. SharplycriticalofWagner's 'falsification of the values that ... constitute modernity, ' Polka's study drives a sharp wedge betweenthe musical 'master' and his one-time devotee. Eschewingastrictly immanent view of Wagner's revolutionaryaesthetic, Polka'snew study helpfullydrawsattention tomodernism'sdeep philosophicalandreligious sources.--Thomas Pfau, Duke University


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Brayton Polka is professor emeritus of humanities and social and political thought at York University.

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