مقاربات فلسفية
Volume 13, Numéro 1, Pages 878-894
2026-04-12
Aesthetic Dimension Of The Concept Of War In Nietzsche’s Thought
Authors : Bencheda Hichem .
Abstract
The article aims to approach the theme of war in Nietzsche’s philosophy from an aesthetic and artistic perspective, distancing itself from the ideological and political interpretations that have reduced his notion of war to its military or bloody dimensions. The author argues that Nietzsche offers a different understanding of war—one that views it as an existential and artistic experience where the concepts of struggle, heroism, and suffering intersect as aesthetic values contributing to the creation of the creative human being and the artist. The article draws on Nietzsche’s texts, particularly Thus Spoke Zarathustra, The Birth of Tragedy, Dawn, and Twilight of the Idols, to show that war, for Nietzsche, is not a struggle for survival but a struggle for the birth of the genius and the artist. War represents both an inner and outer conflict aimed at achieving self-overcoming and unleashing creative forces—much like the heroic struggle and noble suffering embodied in Greek tragedy.
Keywords
Nietzsche ; War, Aesthetics ; Creativity ; Art ; Tragedy ; Self-overcoming
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