num_pages: 237
description: Arguing that Thus Spoke Zarathustra is Nietzsche's most important contribution to political thought and that it is the key to his thought as a whole, Stewart (political science, Mississippi College) finds Nietzsche's self- proclaimed "most important" work to be a deliberate critique of traditional political institutions and practices, couched in rhetoric that is problematic and evasive. He argues that Nietzsche's work has been misunderstood because the presuppositions of political theorists from the classical and modern traditions were precisely what Nietzsche was rebelling against. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
language: English
title: Nietzsche's Zarathustra and Political Thought
titlecomplete: Nietzsche's Zarathustra and Political Thought (Studies in Social and Political Theory, V. 29)
publisher: Edwin Mellen Pr