Nietzsche's Machiavellian Politics

by Don Dombowsky

Book Overview

In this exciting new study, Don Dombowsky proposes that the foundation of Nietzsche's political thought is the aristocratic liberal critique of democratic society. But he claims that Nietzsche radicalizes this critique through a Machiavellian conversion, based on a reading of The Prince, adapting Machiavellian virt (the shaping capacity of the legislator), and immoralism (the techniques applied in political rule), and that, consequently, Nietzsche...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403933677
• ISBN13: 9781403933676
• Release Date: February 2004
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 221 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.7"