The essay focuses on the heroic-idyllic vision of nature presented by Nietzsche, working in an interdisciplinary way and starting from the motto Et in Arcadia Ego. What is Arcadia for Nietzsche, particularly in the early '80s, when he writes the Idylls from Messina? So, we will draw some threads, which will make us move between the idyllic paintings of Poussin and Bizet’s Carmen, rediscovering the sense of a Mediterranean nature (and of a Mediterranean South) in Nietzsche. In the final part of the essay, we will see how this scenario - far from being romantic or utopian - serves Nietzsche precisely for a strong geopolitical deconstruction, where the All-Natural opposes the barriers that divide the States in a nationalistic way and, therefore, the free spirit shows itself as the human to-come, beyond the personal and social individualism.
Et in Arcadia Nietzsche. La natura eroico-idilliaca della Carmen e del principe Voegelfrei
Annalisa Caputo
2023-01-01
Abstract
The essay focuses on the heroic-idyllic vision of nature presented by Nietzsche, working in an interdisciplinary way and starting from the motto Et in Arcadia Ego. What is Arcadia for Nietzsche, particularly in the early '80s, when he writes the Idylls from Messina? So, we will draw some threads, which will make us move between the idyllic paintings of Poussin and Bizet’s Carmen, rediscovering the sense of a Mediterranean nature (and of a Mediterranean South) in Nietzsche. In the final part of the essay, we will see how this scenario - far from being romantic or utopian - serves Nietzsche precisely for a strong geopolitical deconstruction, where the All-Natural opposes the barriers that divide the States in a nationalistic way and, therefore, the free spirit shows itself as the human to-come, beyond the personal and social individualism.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
