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 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2008 978-0-230-53772-9 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6-10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2008 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin's Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave and Macmillan are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-0-230-53773-6 DOI 10.1057/9780230371668 ISBN 978-0-230-37166-8 (ebook) This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data 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. ISBN-13: 978 0 230 53773 6 (pbk.) 1. Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844 1900 Political and social views. I. Cameron, Frank, 1969 II. Dombowsky, Don. III. Title. JC233.N52A2513 2008 320.092 dc22 2008030126 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08
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 List of Abbreviations ix 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 vii
viii Contents 5 Aristocratic Radical, 1886 1887 171 Preface 171 Beyond 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. ix
List of Abbreviations AC BGE BT CW D EH GM HH; Vol. II: MM, WS GS KSA KSB TI UM UW WP Z The Antichrist: A Curse on Christianity Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future The Birth of Tragedy Out of the Spirit of Music or: Hellenism and Pessimism The Case of Wagner: A Musician s Problem. Turinese Letter of May 1888 Dawn: Thoughts on the Prejudices of Morality Ecce Homo: How One Becomes What One Is On the Genealogy of Morals: A Polemical Tract Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits. Vols. I and II (Miscellaneous Maxims and Opinions and The Wanderer and His Shadow) The Gay Science Kritische Studienausgabe Sämtliche Briefe: Kritische Studienausgabe Twilight of the Idols: Or How One Philosophises with a Hammer Untimely Meditations Unpublished Writings from the period of Unfashionable Observations The Will to Power Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for Everyone and No One x