帝国的人道主義：ワーグナーの反ユダヤ主義における国際的精神

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  • テイコクテキ ジンドウ シュギ : ワーグナー ノ ハン ユダヤ シュギ ニ オケル コクサイテキ セイシン

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The music of Wagner has been strongly criticized for its racial imperialism and inhumane nature rooted in anti-Zionism. Because of this, Israel had even effectively tabooed any performances of Wagner’s music until recently. A detailed examination, however, reveals that there was no connection between Wagner’s anti-Semitism and the atrocities conducted by the Nazis. And even though Wagner himself was undoubtedly a malicious anti-Zionist, we can understand that his works reflect internationalism with no links with racism. Such contradiction between the composer and his works is a good example of “contrapuntal reading,” which has been argued by Daniel Barenboim, who dared to play a Wagner piece in Israel, as well as by Edward Said. The performance can be understood, not as an ordinary musical event, but as an ironic social phenomenon along the lines of: imperialism is a means to realize the ideals of humanism or internationalism – issues which still confront us today.

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