The Role of Metaphor in Nietzsche’s Approach to Political Issues

Authors

  • Ivo Da Silva Júnior Universidad Federal de Brasil Brazil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24310/EstudiosNIETen.vi12.10556

Keywords:

metaphor, nationalism, music, European unity

Abstract

By analyzing the chapter «Peoples and Fatherlands» (§§ 240-256) in Beyond Good and Evil, we intend to point out the way by which Nietzsche accomplishes his critique to nationalism, as opposed to European unity, assuming as a reference German music, particularly the Wagnerian one, which, in this case, embodies a worldview based on an ideal of formation (Bildung) practically inexistent in the philosopher’s contemporary Germany. In this way we aim to emphasize the fact that politics cannot be taken as a metaphor to describe «states of soul», but rather that it should be understood in its effective dimension.

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Author Biography

Ivo Da Silva Júnior, Universidad Federal de Brasil

Ivo Da Silva Júnior es profesor en la Universidad Federal de Sao Paulo (UNIFESP). Miembro del GIRN (Groupe International de Recherches sur Nietzsche) y miembro del GEN (Grupo de Estudios Nietzsche), Sao Paulo. Editor de Cadernos Nietzsche, publicado por el GEN, desde 2010. Libros publicados, entre otros: Em busca de um
lugar ao sol. Nietzsche e a cultura alemã (2007); Filosofia e Cultura. Festschrift für Scarlett Marton (coordinador) (2011).

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Published

2012-12-01

How to Cite

Da Silva Júnior, I. (2012). The Role of Metaphor in Nietzsche’s Approach to Political Issues. Estudios Nietzsche, (12), 85–94. https://doi.org/10.24310/EstudiosNIETen.vi12.10556