Werner Herzog (born 1942), described as a “mythomaniac” by Linus Wörffel, and Klaus Kinski (1926—1991) are among the leading figures of post-war German cinema. In the 70s and 80s, the filmmaker and the actor shot five feature films that are among the classics of the medium's history. They are hymns to tragic heroism, in which the spirit of Nietzsche can easily be recognized. From “Build Your Cities on Vesuvius! “will “Build opera houses in the rainforest! ”.

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Taylor Swift is one of the most important “idols” of our time. Reason enough for our regular authors Henry Holland, Paul Stephan and Estella Walter to pick up on the Nietzschean “hammer” and get to grips with the hype a bit: Does Swift deserve the cult around her that goes down to philosophy? Is it grossly overrated? And what explains the discrepancy between appearance and reality, spectacle and life?

You can watch the entire unabridged conversation on the Halcyonic Association for Radical Philosophy YouTube channel (link).

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Wie kaum ein anderer Philosoph hat Friedrich Nietzsche Spuren in der Populärkultur hinterlassen – weniger im gefälligen Unterhaltungsmainstream, dafür eher in Subkulturen und in künstlerischen Positionen, die als „edgy“ und „dark“ gelten. In dieser „Underworld“ sind Nietzsches Aphorismen, Schlagworte, Parolen und Invektiven weit verbreitet – etwa in den auf gesellschaftliche und ästhetische Provokation fixierten musikalischen Genres von Heavy Metal, Hardcore und Punk. Woran liegt das?