Art and Homecoming: Nietzsche. Heidegger. Foucault

Author: Yu Hong
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Publish Date: 2005-08-20
Features: This book conducts a comparative study of the post-structuralist thought of three influential thinkers in the 20th century. The author summarizes the basic ideas and purposes of Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Foucault in "escaping" the modern world and "returning" to the authentic world with the metaphor of "returning home." It examines the similarities and differences among the three thinkers in their use of ancient Greek imagination and artistic inspiration in "critiquing modernity," "reflecting on the history of thought," and "conceiving of the authentic homeland." The author proposes the "theory of existential relations" centered on power relations and freedom relations and uses it as a framework to analyze the significance, value, and difficulties of the thought of the three thinkers. It emphasizes the importance of focusing on the "legitimacy of existential relations" in overcoming the crisis of modernity. The scope and methodology of this book break through the disciplinary boundaries of philosophy, aesthetics, and art studies, offering fresh insights.