...Kalliopi Nikolopoulou This essay is a critical analysis of Nietzsche's anti-Aristotelian reading of tragedy. My purpose is to show Aristotle's relevance for our age, which is strongly inflected by Nietzsche. I focus on the contemporary sidelining of catharsis in order to understand certain...

..., and he jumps on a unicycle and starts pedaling around the office carpet, but the scout doesn’t even bother looking up.” “This is called ‘catharsis,’ right? Catharsis?” Greg zooms us past cows in pastures and hay bales. “So now the guy —the​ clown, okay —he​ knows he’s in trouble...

... ultimately with harmonies derived from the blues. Is that the sonic link to earlier versions of black diaspora, the ear-based bridge into the ghosts of slavery? The blues, according to Ben Sidran, are both “a catharsis for the anxieties caused by the irrational suppression and finally a healthy...