Telling lies, or how to create a history of myths. Commentary on the paragraphs 22 and 23 of The birth of tragedy
This paper examines Nietzsche attention paid to the issue of “myth” in two works, <em>The Birth of Tragedy</em> and his Second <em>Untimely Meditation</em>. In the latter the interest towards genealogy as the most effective method to counteract the aspirations of a historiogr...
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description | This paper examines Nietzsche attention paid to the issue of “myth” in two works, <em>The Birth of Tragedy</em> and his Second <em>Untimely Meditation</em>. In the latter the interest towards genealogy as the most effective method to counteract the aspirations of a historiography imprisoned by his scientific aspirations, seems to leave in the background the bet on a “rebirth of the German myth” presents in the first book. However, it is possible to recognize a continuity of the importance of “myth” in the idea about a History that supports the fictional, something that has been taken over by contemporary philosophies of History that have assumed Nietzsche’s legacy |
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spelling | doaj.art-81000fcaa7484db59e9225b722f7c0be2022-12-21T17:59:24ZspaCENALTESHYBRIS: Revista de Filosofía0718-83822014-07-015015116210.5281/zenodo.1083357Telling lies, or how to create a history of myths. Commentary on the paragraphs 22 and 23 of The birth of tragedyJordi Massó Castilla0Universidad Complutense de MadridThis paper examines Nietzsche attention paid to the issue of “myth” in two works, <em>The Birth of Tragedy</em> and his Second <em>Untimely Meditation</em>. In the latter the interest towards genealogy as the most effective method to counteract the aspirations of a historiography imprisoned by his scientific aspirations, seems to leave in the background the bet on a “rebirth of the German myth” presents in the first book. However, it is possible to recognize a continuity of the importance of “myth” in the idea about a History that supports the fictional, something that has been taken over by contemporary philosophies of History that have assumed Nietzsche’s legacyhttp://revistas.cenaltes.cl/index.php/hybris/article/view/57historiamitoficcióngenealogíamimesis |
spellingShingle | Jordi Massó Castilla Telling lies, or how to create a history of myths. Commentary on the paragraphs 22 and 23 of The birth of tragedy HYBRIS: Revista de Filosofía historia mito ficción genealogía mimesis |
title | Telling lies, or how to create a history of myths. Commentary on the paragraphs 22 and 23 of The birth of tragedy |
title_full | Telling lies, or how to create a history of myths. Commentary on the paragraphs 22 and 23 of The birth of tragedy |
title_fullStr | Telling lies, or how to create a history of myths. Commentary on the paragraphs 22 and 23 of The birth of tragedy |
title_full_unstemmed | Telling lies, or how to create a history of myths. Commentary on the paragraphs 22 and 23 of The birth of tragedy |
title_short | Telling lies, or how to create a history of myths. Commentary on the paragraphs 22 and 23 of The birth of tragedy |
title_sort | telling lies or how to create a history of myths commentary on the paragraphs 22 and 23 of the birth of tragedy |
topic | historia mito ficción genealogía mimesis |
url | http://revistas.cenaltes.cl/index.php/hybris/article/view/57 |
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