| Contents |
Vorspiel. Introduction ; Wagner the revolutionary ; What is anarchism? ; The question of women ; Wagner and anarchism ; The case against Wagner ; Conclusion -- Influences on Wagner. Wagner and Proudhon ; Wagner and Bakunin ; Other 18th and 19th century influences: Heinse, Laube, Saint-Simon, Heine, Börne, Fourier, Cabet, Lamennais, Humboldt, Novalis, Hoffmann, Ruge, Feuerbach, Stirner, Weitling, Hess, Grün, Röckel, Tönnies, Burke, Paine, Godwin, Owen, Shelley, Herzen ; Classical influences: Aeschylus, Pythagorus, Empedocles, Heraclitus, Antisthenes, Diogenes, Pyrrho, Zeno of Citium, Ovid ; The middle ages: Joachim of Floris, Hafiz, Meister Eckhart, Thomas More, Rabelais, Estienne de la Boetie, Francis Bacon, Jakob Boehme ; Hegel, List, Marx and the Marxist ; Nationalists and "proto fascists": Von Herder, Fischte, Von Görres, Jahn, Gobineau, Von Treitschke ; Wagner, Freemasonry and the occult: Knights Templar, Teutonic Knights, Freemasons, Rosicrucians, Illuminati -- Wagner and revolution. The early prose works ; Die Meistersinger ; Redemption ; Tannhäuser ; Opera and drama ; Schopenhauer ; The mature Wagner ; Wagner and nationalism ; Wagner, his work, his times and his sources -- Wagner and anarchism. Wagner and education ; Wagner and his attitude to institutions, laws and contracts ; Crime and punishment ; Attitude towards force and authority ; Welfare and dependency ; Representative democracy ; Great men ; Honors and medals ; Money ; Non-violence and Buddhism ; War and violence ; Animals, vegetarianism and anti-vivisection ; Strong liquor ; The simple life ; Luxury ; Wagner and feminism ; Sex, incest and free love ; Homosexuality -- Wagner's influence. Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Switzerland, Italy, Poland, Russia, Netherlands, Belgium ; France, Spain ; United Kingdom and Ireland, Denmark, Norway, Israel, Mexico, United States of America, South Africa, New Zealand, Australia -- Wagner and anti-Semitism. Introduction ; Hitler and Wagner ; Fascist music? ; Rienzi ; Die Meistersinger ; Parsifal ; The Ring ; Conclusion. |
| Abstract |
This book discusses the anarchist, revolutionary, feminist and nationalist influences on Wagner, the revolutionary who turned the world of opera upside down. The books and articles that directly influenced him are examined in detail, including works by Bakunin, Proudhon, Hoffman, Stirner, Hegel, and the Marxists. Also investigated is the way Wagner influenced his contemporaries, and the way his work continues to influence artists, political activists, composers, and poets today. |
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