Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xv
5. A Note on Citations xvii
6. 1: Prologue: Das Gesamtgenie 1
7. 2: A Philosophical Age 11
8. 3: Wagner as Philosopher 27
9. 4: The Future that Failed 41
10. 5: From Siegfrieds Tod to Der Ring des Nibelungen 59
11. 6: Das Rheingold: Separation and Order 71
12. 7: Die Walküre: Reasons of State 87
13. 8. Siegfried: Stasis and Movement 99
14. 9: Götterdämmerung: The Deed that Redeems the World 109
15. 10: Epilogue: After Transcendence 123
16. Appendix: A Note on Schopenhauer 131
17. Works Cited 137
18. Index 143