Nietzsche, God and the Jews: His Critique of Judeo-Christianity in Relation to the Nazi Myth
Weaver Santaniello
Language: English
Pages: 249
ISBN: 2:00279755
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Combining biography and a careful analysis of Nietzsche's writings from 1844-1900, this book explores Nietzsche's critique of Christianity, Judaism, and antisemitism. The first part of the book is concerned with psychological aspects and biographical elements. Part Two focuses on the ethical and political aspects of Nietzsche's views as presented in his mature writings: Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Toward the Genealogy of Morals, and the Antichrist.
"The chronological approach enlightens Nietzsche's developing views toward Jews. The so far neglected subject of Jewish-Christian relations in nineteenth-century Germany in reference to Nietzsche's thought is illuminated and interestingly discussed. The topic is vital for Nietzsche studies and central for understanding the intellectual, political, and historical categories that pre-existed in Germany in the nineteenth century." -- Jacob Golomb, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
"The existential-vital appropriation of Nietzsche's work is an interesting and a refreshing alternative to many contemporary analyses of Nietzsc he. The book traces some of the roots of twentieth-century German philosophical connections with Nazism and responses to Judaism, a topic of much recent interest, especially in relation to Heidegger' s philosophy and politics. With the boom in Nietzsche scholarship over the past decade or so, this book is a most welcome addition to the field." -- James P. Cadello, Regis University
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God; for he must perish of the wrath of his god")."' Nietzsche writes to Overbeck: I think you know what Zarathustra's warning, "Be hard!" means in my own case. My idea that justice should be done to every particular person, and that 1 should in the last analysis treat precisely what is most hostile to me with the greatest gentleness ... involves danger upon danger, not only for me but also for my task: it is here that the hardening is necessary and, with a view to educating others, an occasional.
Could not.'1 Perhaps another explanation is tenable: taking into account that Nietzsche was a fierce critic of the Zarathustra's World contra the Sister's 43 precursors of National Socialism, and that he opposed doctrines crucial to the Nazi program, it could be that the Nazis harbored a personal vendetta against one who defected from the Wagner circle-and that they sought to discredit and silence him. After demonstrating how Nazis twisted and distorted Nietzsche's texts, Rudolf Kuenzli in.
The work is in large measure a polemic against the eschatological concepts of heaven and hell, the conception of God as Hangman and Judge, and it preaches the coming of the Ubermensch. The theme underlying the entire work is that human beings must be the new creators now that God is dead and that Darwinism has eliminated the divine from nature and from history. In this sense, power becomes ultimate in the Nietzschean scheme of things, and humans are to draw upon that power in meaningful and.
Then, as in the case of Di.ihring and conservative Christianity, sought historical redemption for fallen humanity through the economy and/or through Christ, both of which excluded the Jewish people. The need for redemption, Nietzsche argues, was rooted in human suffering; the response to this condition (creation or vengeance) ultimately served to distinguish nobles from slaves. Those driven by repressed instincts, and thus resentment, first created evil enemies (Jews and philosophers), which was.
Antisemitism, which leads one to believe that she was under political pressure to do 50. 42 Overall, in her biography and when forging or altering Nietzsche's personal documents, she continually attempts to cover up the bitter conflict over antisemitism among Nietzsche, herself, Forster, and Wagner. For instance, in The Lonely Nietzsche she regards "art"-not antisemitism--as the reason for the Wagner-Nietzsche break, and claims that the reason Nietzsche did not attend her and Forster's wedding.