'The Case of Wagner' Nietzsche and Adornian criticism

• Grant number: 15/00184-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research
• Start date: July 01, 2015
• End date: June 30, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Philosophy - History of Philosophy
• Principal Investigator: Henry Martin Burnett Junior
• Grantee: Henry Martin Burnett Junior
• Host Investigator: Christoph Turcke
• Host Institution: Escola de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (EFLCH). Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). Campus Guarulhos. Guarulhos , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: Leipzig University, Germany

Abstract

The research investigates some aesthetic issues explored in the work of Theodor Adorno from the reception of the Wagner case, Nietzsche, especially those dedicated to cultural themes in the passage from the 19th century to the 20th century. Thus, this study did not intend only to highlight the possible limits of criticism's contention, but, above all, aim for the dimension "uncurrent" and "extemporaneous" of his work. Thus, it is intended to present the broad outlines of a review of the Wagner case indicating their heritage and its influence on the aesthetic, philosophical and sociological reflections on art in the 20th century. (AU)