{"product_id":"the-birth-of-tragedy-out-of-the-spirit-of-music-paperback","title":"The Birth of Tragedy: Out of the Spirit of Music - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFriedrich Nietzsche\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eShaun Whiteside\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eMichael Tanner\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first book by the author of the classic philosophical text \u003ci\u003eBeyond Good and Evil\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The youthful faults of this work were exposed by the author himself in the brilliant \u003ci\u003eAttempt at a Self-Criticism\u003c\/i\u003e, which he added to the new edition of 1886. But the book, whatever its excesses, remains one of the most relevant statements on tragedy ever penned. It exploded the conception of Greek culture that was prevalent down through the Victorian era, and it analyzed themes developed in the twentieth century by classicists, existentialists, psychoanalysts, and others.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche was born in Prussia in 1844. After the death of his father, a Lutheran minister, Nietzsche was raised from the age of five by his mother in a household of women. In 1869 he was appointed Professor of Classical Philology at the University of Basel, where he taught until 1879 when poor health forced him to retire. He never recovered from a nervous breakdown in 1889 and died eleven years later. Known for saying that \"god is dead,\" Nietzsche propounded his metaphysical construct of the superiority of the disciplined individual (superman) living in the present over traditional values derived from Christianity and its emphasis on heavenly rewards. His ideas were appropriated by the Fascists, who turned his theories into social realities that he had never intended.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShaun Whiteside's translations include Nietzsche's \u003cb\u003eThe Birth of Tragedy\u003c\/b\u003e and Musil's \u003cb\u003eThe Confessions of Young Törless\u003c\/b\u003e for Penguin Classics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 7.55 x 5.29 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 1994\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51753709797664,"sku":"9780140433395","price":13.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a2c5f07a31c1b9aa6faa5e3f67df7fec.webp?v=1780025988","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-birth-of-tragedy-out-of-the-spirit-of-music-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}