Nietzsche and Nazism

by DragoZERO00

Hello!

I'm working on a short (around 1500 words) university level essay on the relationship between Nietzsche and Nazism and while I've found a good deal of secondary literature on the topic I'm curious as to what Nietzsche primary texts I should focus on in the context of my essay. I imagine works such as "The Birth of Tragedy" would not be too helpful and that most of my work should go towards "Beyond Good and Evil" as well as "On the Genealogy of Morality" but if any other texts would be helpful please do let me know. Thank you very much for the assistance!

Georgy_K_Zhukov

Will to Power is a key one, as it was decidedly not his intended work, but instead heavily influenced by the editorial input of his sister. If you can read German, finding Alfred Baumler's annotated edition of Nietzche's works would serve you very well, as he was a major influence on the 'nazifying', but I don't know if those exist in English. Baumler's own work Nietzsche: The Philosopher and Politician and the essay "Hellas and Germania" are key here too. I would also point to Thus Spoke Zarathustra in conjunction with Wolfgang Schultz's "Nietzsche’s Zarathustra and the Historical Zarathustra", another Nazi writer. If you haven't already gotten ahold ot it Nietzsche: Philosopher, Psychologist, Antichrist by Walter Kaufmann is an invaluable text, of course, and devotes a chapter to this which will serve you well.

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