9780271052502 | Pennsylvania State Univ Pr, April 5, 2012, cover price $64.95 |
About this edition: In The Smile of Tragedy, Daniel Ahern examines Nietzsche’s attitude toward what he called “the tragic age of the Greeks,” and shows it to be the foundation not only for his attack upon the birth of philosophy during the Socratic era, but also for his overall critique of Western culture.