On the Centrality of Dionysus in Nietzsche's Philosophy

What is it about?

Despite the widespread influence of Nietzsche’s iconoclastic works on twentieth-century intellectual and literary culture, there has been a surprising lack of academic focus on the parallels between his philosophical trajectory and the anthropological literature on the mysterious god Dionysus. The striking correlations between ancient Dionysian worship with Nietzsche’s oeuvre revalorise the celebration of ecstasy. In Twilight of the Idols, he states that the Dionysian is “beyond pity an

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Why is it important?

Rarely has an anthropological light been shed on the mysterious god Dionysus. Surely, a god in whom Nietzsche's was obsessed with, deserves both an historical and anthropological reading.