Nietzsche´s Great Politics

Nietzsche´s impact on the world of culture, philosophy, and the arts is uncontested, but his political thought remains mired in controversy. By placing Nietzsche back in his late-nineteenth-century German context, Nietzsche´s Great Politics moves away from the disputes surrounding Nietzsche´s appropriation by the Nazis and challenges the use of the philosopher in postmodern democratic thought. Rather than starting with contemporary democratic theory or continental philosophy, Hugo Drochon argues that Nietzsche´s political ideas must first be understood in light of Bismarck´s policies, in particular his "Great Politics," which transformed the international politics of the late nineteenth century.