Nietzschean Visions: The European Avant-Garde and the Idea of a New Man

In the early part of the twentieth century across Europe different Avant-Garde groups were formulating new visions of art and life to spur the continent into a future of their making. One recurrent idea across many of these groups was the idea of a ‘new man’. It came in many guises, often crafted in contradiction to the visions of others, but whether they were Futurist, Expressionist, or Dadaist, these movements saw the future as a challenge that must be met by this new type of man. This lecture explores these different visions, their interactions, and their debt to the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche.

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