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Isn't this all common knowledge? I don't think anyone has considered Nietzsche a Nazi for a long time. I certainly didn't learn anything new and I have only a c

by Pimpus 8y ago

Isn't this all common knowledge? I don't think anyone has considered Nietzsche a Nazi for a long time. I certainly didn't learn anything new and I have only a cursory familiarity with Nietzsche and his works. This review(?) doesn't even mention some of the more interesting aspects of his life, and the snide comment about Zarathustra was just... strange. I'm sure the biography is great, this review doesn't sell it very well at all.

narag 8y ago
I don't think anyone has considered Nietzsche a Nazi for a long time. He was hated by all my high school teachers, both the communists and the religion teacher. I bet that he will be called a nazi while there are communists and christians. I think what they hated most about him is that he likened both groups.
- freedomben 8y ago
  Indeed. Nietzsche provided powerful arguments to explain the origin of religion (particularly Christianity) and even attempted to write his own Bible-style text with Thus Spoke Zarathustra. His explanations include brilliant insights on human psychology, and do a pretty good number on faith. I can understand why the religion teacher didn't like him :-)
- boomboomsubban 8y ago
  >I think what they hated most about him is that he likened both groups Or they read things influenced by early releases of his work, where his antisemitic German nationalist sister took significant liberties in the editing process.
Inu 8y ago
> I don't think anyone has considered Nietzsche a Nazi for a long time. A recent example would be Steven Pinker: "It’s easy to see why his sociopathic ravings would have inspired so many repugnant movements of the 20th and 21st centuries, including fascism, Nazism, Bolshevism, the Ayn Randian fringe of libertarianism, and the American alt-right and neo-Nazi movements today." https://www.newstatesman.com/2018/08/why-nietzsche-has-once-again-become-inspiration-far-right https://www.newstatesman.com/2018/08/why-nietzsche-has-once-...
- tim333 8y ago
  While Nietzsche wasn't actually a Nazi as he died 20 years before the party was formed he did have some handy quotes that proved popular with them eg. "Man shall be trained for war and woman for the procreation of the warrior, anything else is folly" That may be the point of view of one of his characters rather than his personal belief but I'm not sure his Nazi follower types were that careful in their literary analysis. Same with the modern alt-right see eg "The alt-right is drunk on bad readings of Nietzsche. The Nazis were too." https://www.vox.com/2017/8/17/16140846/alt-right-nietzsche-richard-spencer-nazism?utm_campaign=vox&utm_content=entry&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter https://www.vox.com/2017/8/17/16140846/alt-right-nietzsche-r...

by Pimpus 8y ago

narag 8y ago

I don't think anyone has considered Nietzsche a Nazi for a long time. He was hated by all my high school teachers, both the communists and the religion teacher. I bet that he will be called a nazi while there are communists and christians. I think what they hated most about him is that he likened both groups.

freedomben 8y ago
Indeed. Nietzsche provided powerful arguments to explain the origin of religion (particularly Christianity) and even attempted to write his own Bible-style text with Thus Spoke Zarathustra. His explanations include brilliant insights on human psychology, and do a pretty good number on faith. I can understand why the religion teacher didn't like him :-)
boomboomsubban 8y ago
>I think what they hated most about him is that he likened both groups Or they read things influenced by early releases of his work, where his antisemitic German nationalist sister took significant liberties in the editing process.

Inu 8y ago

> I don't think anyone has considered Nietzsche a Nazi for a long time. A recent example would be Steven Pinker: "It’s easy to see why his sociopathic ravings would have inspired so many repugnant movements of the 20th and 21st centuries, including fascism, Nazism, Bolshevism, the Ayn Randian fringe of libertarianism, and the American alt-right and neo-Nazi movements today." https://www.newstatesman.com/2018/08/why-nietzsche-has-once-again-become-inspiration-far-right https://www.newstatesman.com/2018/08/why-nietzsche-has-once-...

tim333 8y ago
While Nietzsche wasn't actually a Nazi as he died 20 years before the party was formed he did have some handy quotes that proved popular with them eg. "Man shall be trained for war and woman for the procreation of the warrior, anything else is folly" That may be the point of view of one of his characters rather than his personal belief but I'm not sure his Nazi follower types were that careful in their literary analysis. Same with the modern alt-right see eg "The alt-right is drunk on bad readings of Nietzsche. The Nazis were too." https://www.vox.com/2017/8/17/16140846/alt-right-nietzsche-richard-spencer-nazism?utm_campaign=vox&utm_content=entry&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter https://www.vox.com/2017/8/17/16140846/alt-right-nietzsche-r...