Deaths in Venice
The Cases of Gustav von Aschenbach
In Mann¿s story (Deaths in Venice), the author Gustav von Aschenbach becomes captivated by an adolescent boy, first seen on the lido in Venice, the eventual site of Aschenbach¿s own death. Mann works through central concerns about how to live, explored with equal intensity by his German predecessors, Schopenhauer and Nietzsche. Kitcher considers how Mann¿s, Britten¿s, and Visconti¿s treatments illuminate the tension between social and ethical values and an artist¿s sensitivity to beauty. Each work asks whether a life devoted to self-sacrifice in the pursuit of lasting achievements can be sustained, and whether the breakdown of discipline unde…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-231-16264-7
- EAN: 9780231162647
- Produktnummer: 14892025
- Verlag: Columbia University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 280 S.
- Masse: H23.5 cm x B15.1 cm x D2.2 cm 530 g
- Abbildungen: 17 Illustrations, unspecified
- Gewicht: 530
- Sonstiges: Professional & Vocational
Über den Autor
Philip Kitcher is the John Dewey Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University and the author of numerous books and articles, including Science in a Democratic Society, The Ethical Project, and Preludes to Pragmatism: Toward a Reconstruction of Philosophy.
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