Re-reading Tragedy in a Time of Extinction: The Erinyes, Chthonic Justice, and the "Eternity" of Nature
As a palliative to despair over climatic and biospheric collapse, classical tragedy, particularly that of Aeschylus and Sophocles, may continue to serve its cathartic function when read in light of Friedrich Nietzsche’s theory of tragedy, in which, through catastrophe, "Nature" is revealed...
| Nebentitel: | "Special Issue - Religion and the Experience of Nature" |
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Equinox Publ.
2024
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Journal for the study of religion, nature and culture
Jahr: 2024, Band: 18, Heft: 1, Seiten: 130-148 |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Aeschylus
B Nature B Mass Extinction B Dionysus B Climate Change B Erinyes B Nietzsche B Extinction B Oresteia B Tragedy |
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| Zusammenfassung: | As a palliative to despair over climatic and biospheric collapse, classical tragedy, particularly that of Aeschylus and Sophocles, may continue to serve its cathartic function when read in light of Friedrich Nietzsche’s theory of tragedy, in which, through catastrophe, "Nature" is revealed as "eternally powerful and pleasurable", despite all change and loss. Aeschylus' Oresteia illuminates this divine, chthonic powerin the chorus of the Erinyes (Furies), the "terrible goddesses", who uphold the cosmic order with their power to blight or to bless. Under the shadow of Anthropocenic destruction of entangled life-worlds, the Erinyes emerge as transvalued champions of Earth's primacy, under the sign of justice. |
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| ISSN: | 1749-4915 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of religion, nature and culture
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1558/jsrnc.23394 |