„[D]en Krebsgang aller Dinge träumen“. Zur Verflechtung von Traum- und Dekadenzdiskurs in <b> <i>Götzen-Dämmerung</i> </b>

Abstract The paper sheds a new light on the topic of décadence in Twilight Of Idols. It achieves this by approaching it through the lens of the dream-discourse in said text. Using a close-reading method, it explores and contextualizes the various uses of dreaming. One key point is the self-subversion of the naturalistic argument in the first dream-related aphorism, which then spirals into multiple auto-subversive loops throughout the text. Subsequent metaphorical references to this concept of dream build on this ambiguous theoretical foundation. Finally, this perspective on the multiplicity of interpretations and polyphony of dreaming is applied to a paradigmatic text on décadence, showing that rather than positing a definitive political theory, the work is more focused on offering a polyphonic critique of reactionary politics.