Conference paper
Revolutionary Art – Nationalism – Anti-Semitism: The Case of Wagner
Goran Gretić
; Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The article deals with the political aspects of revolutionary art of Richard Wagner. Through reading of Wagner’s artistic-philosophical project by his most influential interpreters – Friedrich Nietzsche, Thomas Mann and Theodor Adorno – author offers intellectual history of the reception of this project. Discourse on Wagner’s revolutionary art leads to the assessment of the influence Wagner’s cultural anti-Semitism and nationalism had on European politics in 20th century.
Keywords
Wagner; Nietzsche; Mann; Adorno; anti-Semitism; revolutionary art
Hrčak ID:
140191
URI
Publication date:
24.6.2015.
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