The Good European: Nietzsche's Work Sites in Word and Image - Brossura

Krell, David Farrell; Bates, Donald L.

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ISBN 10: 0226452794 ISBN 13: 9780226452791

Casa editrice: Univ of Chicago Pr, 2000

Riassunto

Through photographs and translations of Friedrich Nietzsche's evocative writings on his work sites, David Farrell Krell and Donald L. Bates explore the cities and landscapes in which Nietzsche lived and worked.

"A brilliant juxtaposition of life and thought. . . . The sympathy of this pictorial biography is rivaled by few books on Nietzsche."—Charles M. Stang, Boston Book Review

"[A] distinguished addition to the Nietzsche-friendly corpus."—Alain de Botton, Los Angeles Times Book Review

"An odd and oddly endearing record of Nietzsche's travels."—John Banville, New York Review of Books

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Donald L. Bates is co-director of LAB Architectural Studios, London.

Product Description:

Friedrich Nietzsche was acutely sensitive to place: to the taste of sea air, to the sweep of wind across the coast, to the narrow confines of medieval walls or the tumbling breadth of an Alpine vista framed by the window near his writing desk. He was convinced that the effects of the environment, climate and terrain on one's life and thought were both tangible and profound. This book explores, in text and photographs, Nietzsche's Epicurean appreciation of the cities and landscapes in which he worked and their influence on his thought. From Saxony to the Swiss Alps, from the Riviera to the Dolomites of Recoaro, the reader is guided, in word and image, through the course of Nietzsche's philosophical thought and his continental wanderings, along the painful path from genius to madness. Translations of the philosopher's writings on his work sites are included alongside photographs of the sites themselves. In essence, the reader is invited to share with Nietzsche, through his voice and vision, his own experience of these extraordinary places.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Univ of Chicago Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0226452794
• ISBN 13: 9780226452791
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 266