Political Writings of Friedrich Nietzsche: An Edited Anthology

339 Pages·2008·2.24 MB·English

by  Frank Cameron

Political Writings of
Friedrich Nietzsche
An Edited Anthology
Frank Cameron and Don Dombowsky
Political Writings of Friedrich Nietzsche
Also by Frank Cameron
NIETZSCHE AND THE ‘PROBLEM’ OF MORALITY
Also by Don Dombowsky
NIETZSCHE’S MACHIAVELLIAN POLITICS
Political Writings of
Friedrich Nietzsche
An Edited Anthology
Frank Cameron
Wilfrid Laurier University
and
Don Dombowsky
Bishop’s University
© Frank Cameron and Don Dombowsky 2008
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Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844–1900.
[Selections. English. 2008]
Political writings of Friedrich Nietzsche : an edited anthology / Frank
Cameron, Don Dombowsky.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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1. Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844–1900 – Political and social views.
I. Cameron, Frank, 1969– II. Dombowsky, Don. III. Title.
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To the memory of my grandfather,
Frank Cameron Sr.,
who raised me, and filled my life with laughter, support,
encouragement, and most of all, love
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Contents
Acknowledgements ix
List of Abbreviations x
Introduction 1
1 Schulpforta, 1862 24
Preface 24
Napoleon III as President 26
Saint-Just 29
Two-poem cycle ‘Two Kings’ 30
Louis the Sixteenth 30
Louis the Fifteenth 30
2 Agonistic Politics, 1871–1874 31
Preface 31
The Greek State, 1871 38
On the Future of Our Educational Institutions,
Third Lecture, February 27, 1872 46
Homer’s Contest, 1872 52
Untimely Meditations 58
David Strauss: the Confessor and the Writer, 1873 58
Schopenhauer as Educator, 1874 61
3 The Free Spirit, 1878–1880 72
Preface 72
Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits, 1878 75
Miscellaneous Maxims and Opinions, 1879 100
The Wanderer and His Shadow, 1880 105
4 The Campaign against Morality, 1881–1885 116
Preface 116
Dawn: Thoughts on the Prejudices of Morality, 1881 119
The Gay Science, 1882 137
Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for Everyone and
No One, 1883–1885 151
On the new idol 151
On the rabble 153
On the tarantulas 154
On old and new tablets 156
Nachlass Fragments, 1883–1885 160
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5 Aristocratic Radical, 1886–1887 171
Preface 171
B eyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of
the Future, 1886 175
The Gay Science, Book V, 1887 212
On the Genealogy of Morals: A Polemical Tract, 1887 218
First Essay, Good and Evil, Good and Bad 218
Second Essay, Guilt, Bad Conscience and Related Matters 224
Third Essay, What Do Ascetic Ideals Mean? 230
Nachlass Fragments, 1885–1887 232
6 The Antichrist, 1888 240
Preface 240
Twilight of the Idols: Or How One Philosophises with
a Hammer, 1888 243
Morality as Anti-Nature 243
The ‘Improvers’ of Mankind 244
What the Germans Lack 245
Skirmishes of an Untimely Man 248
The Antichrist: A Curse on Christianity, 1888 256
Ecce Homo: How One Becomes What One Is, 1888 270
Why I am so wise 270
Why I write such good books 272
The case of Wagner: A musician’s problem 274
Why I am a destiny 275
Nachlass Fragments, 1887–1888 276
Notes 293
Primary and Secondary Historical Works 305
Selected Bibliography 309
Index 322
Acknowledgements
The editors express their appreciation to Nathalie Lachance, Ian Johnston
and Jeff Mitscherling for their translations, and to James Retallack and Dan
Mellamphy who served as consultants. We would also like to thank Walter
de Gruyter for graciously granting us permission to translate contributions
from Nietzsche’s juvenilia (‘Napoleon III as President’, ‘Saint Just’, ‘Two
Kings: Louis the Sixteenth and Louis the Fifteenth’) from Nietzsche Werke:
Kritische Gesamtausgabe. Nachgelassene Aufzeichnungen. Herbst 1858–Herbst
1862, Herausgegeben von Johann Figl, Abt. 1, Bd. 2, Walter de Gruyter,
2000. We also owe thanks to the University of Nebraska Press for granting
permission to reproduce selections from Human, All Too Human: A Book for
Free Spirits, volume I; reprinted from Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free
Spirits by Friedrich Nietzsche, translated by Marion Faber, with Stephen
Lehmann, © 1984, 1986 by the University of Nebraska Press. Lastly, we
would like to thank Bishop’s University and Wilfrid Laurier University for
contributing to the funding of this project.
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