Synopses & Reviews
This anthology brings together for the first time selections of Nietzsches political commentary found throughout his corpus, including some never before translated writings from his youth. The texts were carefully chosen to highlight Nietzsches political views and arranged chronologically to allow the reader to trace the development of Nietzsches political thought from his youth to his final writings of 1888. In their introduction and prefaces, Frank Cameron and Don Dombowsky insightfully demonstrate that Nietzsche was an observer of and responded to the political events which shaped the Bismarckian era. In the past two decades Nietzsches political thought has received increasing attention, yet only rarely has there been any attempt to situate it historically. This anthology thus provides an essential resource for understanding Nietzsches political ideas as they were stirred by the conflicts of this turbulent era.
Synopsis
This book is an anthology that gathers together, for the first time, the political commentary and writings found throughout Nietzsche's corpus. Included is an historical introduction which demonstrates that Nietzsche was an observer of and responded to the political events which defined the Bismarckian era.
About the Author
DON DOMBOWSKY lectures in Philosophy at Bishop's University in Canada. He is the author of Neitzsche's Machiavellian Politics and has published articles in the Journal of Nietzsche Studies and Nietzsche-Studien. FRANK CAMERON teaches at Wilfrid Laurier University in Canada.