Nietzsche and Race

A definitive debunking of the Nietzsche as Nazi caricature. The caricature of Friedrich Nietzsche as a proto-Nazi is still with us, having originated with his own Nazi sister, Elisabeth Frster, who curated Nietzsches disparate texts to suit her own purposes. In Nietzsche and Race, Marc de Launay deftly counters this persistent narrative in a series of concise and highly accessible reflections on the concept of race in Nietzsches publications, notebooks, and correspondence. Through a fresh reading of Nietzsches core philosophical project, de Launay articulates a new understanding of race in Nietzsches body of work free from the misunderstanding of his detractors.