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Book SynopsisFor more than a century, Nietzsche's views about Jews and Judaism have been subject to countless polemics. The Nazis infamously fashioned the philosopher as their anti-Semitic precursor, while in the past thirty years the pendulum has swung in the opposite direction. The increasingly popular view today is that Nietzsche was not only completely free
Trade Review"[A] deft, cogent presentation."--Choice "The sober investigation of unpublished documents, an endeavor Holub conducts with enthusiasm, is surely a great service to the historical literature, and Nietzsche's Jewish Problem will likely become the definitive work on its subject."--Jewish Review of Books
Table of ContentsA Note on Citations ix Preface xi Chapter One The Rise and Fall of Nietzschean Anti-Semitism 1 Chapter Two Youthful Remarks and Encounters 31 Chapter Three The Wagnerian Vanguard 49 Chapter Four An Ambivalent Course 89 Chapter Five Anti-Semitic Confrontations 125 Chapter Six Priests, Israelites, Chandalas 166 Conclusion 204 Notes 215 Bibliography 249 Index 259
