The Great Debate: Nietzsche, Culture, and the Scandinavian Welfare Society

by Harald Høffding and Georg Brandes

In 1889, Danish literary critic Georg Brandes published "Aristocratic Radicalism: An Essay on Friedrich Nietzsche," which transformed the as-yet-unknown German-Swiss philosopher into a European, and ultimately global, phenomenon. The article sparked a furious public debate between Brandes and a fellow Dane, philosopher Harald H ffding, who swiftly issued a rebuttal, "Democratic Radicalism: An Objection." What began as a scholarly disagreement over...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299346102
• ISBN13: 9780299346102
• Release Date: January 2024
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"