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Towards a Nietzschean Understanding of Politics: Notes on "The Case of Wagner" (Part 3)

part 1 | part 2 | part 3 II. Music, Art and Politics for Nancy Ruggeri 1. A fellow student in graduate school remarked that after reading Nietzsche, his love for the band Cursive fell away – the nihilism in their lyrics and their overly emotional tropes struck him as decadent and he couldn’t take

Towards a Nietzschean Understanding of Politics: Notes on "The Case of Wagner" (Part 2)

part 1 | part 2 | part 3 In the first part, we went through the Preface of this work very carefully in order to discuss how Nietzsche sets up possible personae for the sake of delivering both an effective teaching and a more difficult teaching. Now I want to achieve two things: outline the

Towards a Nietzschean Understanding of Politics: Notes on "The Case of Wagner" (Part 1)

part 1 | part 2 | part 3 All citations from the essay throughout the course of this series are from the Kaufmann translation in the “Basic Writings of Nietzsche” published by Modern Library, copyright 1992, p. 611-653. First part: “Preface,” p. 611-612, with commentary. Note: Words in italics those of Nietzsche’s. Each paragraph from