Using the Political Nietzsche: Hope or Despair?
Jonathan Murphy
12/9/2005
Nietzsche
Dr.Shapiro
Using the Political Nietzsche: Hope or Despair?
Understanding Nietzsche's political theory is no simple task. Perhaps because of his lack of faith in "philosophical system-building" as Daniel Conway describes it, Nietzsche doesn't take a traditional tact in explaining his politics. Nietzsche's writing style and the deconstructive nature of his thought are not conducive to that kind of logical structure. Also, the aphoristic structures of the volumes most relevant to political and moral issues don't lend themselves to the kind of argument that most students of continental philosophy have come to expect. These difficulties have led some to dismiss Nietzsche as either politically irrelevant or altogether hostile to politics and political structures on the whole. The Nazis took advantage of these misunderstandings, aided by the intentional distortion of Nietzsche's ideas by his......
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