La idea de Richard Wagner de la obra de arte total: comentarios sobre el programa de una superación de la religión en el arte

In Richard Wagner's written work one can observe the double reduction of religion to the religion to art, as well as of art to the aesthetic. Religion is the personification of natural forces, which leads to ignorance about and alienation from the true essence of nature. The mission of art is restablish a unity with nature, through the joyful disolution of limited subjectivity into the ecstasy of aesthetic experience.