EL REFLEJO RACIONAL Y EL DESMEMBRAMIENTO DEL YO EN LA ESTÉTICA DE NIETZSCHE

Abstract

An element remains constant in Nietzche's aesthetic formulations, from his theory of aesthetic forces (Apolline and Dionysiac) in The Birth of Tragedy to his later writings: the foundational character of the forces of dissolution and excess in relation to those of objectification and measure. Taking this structure of dependence as a model, I would like to argue, following Jean-Luc Nancy among others, that some of the most influential among the modern notions of rationality and selfhood involve a violent disavowal of, on the one hand, the continuity between intelligibility and the excessive powers of nature and, on the other, that between individuality and the individual's self-dismemberment. The double point of origin where these geneses meet is the self-sacrifice of the double figure of ontotheology: Socrates-Christ. At this point, the aesthetic tension between luminous reflection and obscure dismemberment is broken, and perpetuated only in so far as the new narratives of individuality and reason could be said to retain a mythical character.