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This is a lively and engaging introduction to the contentious topic of Nietzsche's political thought. It traces the development of Nietzsche's thinking on politics from his earliest writings to the mature work in which he advocates aristocratic radicalism as opposed to 'petty' European nationalism. The key ideas of the will to power, eternal return and the overman are discussed and all Nietzsche's major works analysed in detail, such as Beyond Good and Evil and The Genealogy of Morals, within the context of the concerns of modern political theory. The book concludes with an assessment of Nietzsche's enduring relevance and of the insights afforded by contemporary liberal and feminist readings. This textbook will be essential for all students of Nietzsche and of the history of political ideas. It includes a chronology of Nietzsche's life and works and a guide to further reading.

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This book provides a sound introduction to Nietzsche's political thought. The author attempts to steer between the one extreme of ignoring or dismissing that thought, and the other of interpreting its nonegalitarian and antidemocratic elements in such a way as to not greatly disconcert the ordinary reader. The book offers a succinct summary of the development of Nietzsche's political ideas and their historical influence. (Heidegger is unfortunately not discussed.) It does not offer the kind of extended philosophical analysis found in the author's earlier Nietzsche Contra Rousseau (CH, Jan'93) and Bruce Detwiler's Nietzsche and the Politics of Aristocratic Radicalism (1990). But it does provide useful discussions of Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra and Genealogy of Morals. It concludes with a valuable discussion of the problems confronting contemporary liberalism and feminism in their attempts to appropriate Nietzsche's thought. The book would be most useful to undergraduate students studying Nietzsche's political philosophy. Strongly recommended for undergraduates at all levels. P. N. Malcolmson; St. Thomas University