[New post] Is the tragic genre dead? and classical music? – 1848+: The End(s) of History

nemonemini posted: "This post was revised and expanded several times and become overcomplicated, but still its point is clear: world history and its macroevolutionary process show a kind of guided 'evolution' and this involves even low level detail: artforms, down to the met" Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on 1848+: The End(s) of History Is the tragic genre dead? and classical music? – 1848+: The End(s) of History by nemonemini This post was revised and expanded several times and become overcomplicated, but still its point is clear: world history and its macroevolutionary process show a kind of guided 'evolution' and this involves even low level detail: artforms, down to the meters of poetry, are influenced by this process. That shows Darwinian ideas applied as random evolution (in deep time or civilization) are completely off the mark. The question of the tragic genre is difficult: in fact no one has ever been able to define it, except maybe the charming attempt by Chaucer (Aristotle in the background): Tragedie is to seyn a ceTrt… Source: Is the tragic genre dead? and classical music? – 1848+: The End(s) of History nemonemini | September 19, 2021 at 12:06 pm | Tags: classical musis, tragedy, tragic genre | Categories: eonic effect | URL: https://wp.me/p6em0M-dtv Comment    See all comments    Like Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from 1848+: The End(s) of History. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://redfortyeight.com/2021/09/19/is-the-tragic-genre-dead-and-classical-music-1848-the-ends-of-history/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com