ABSTRACT
Since World War II, the “ethical” dimension of Nietzsche’s thought – his attack on morality and revaluation of values, of which the Genealogy is a key part – has received far less attention than Brandes accorded it. The immediate cause of this transformation in Nietzsche studies is plain enough. By the time the Nazis came to power in the 1930s, Nietzsche dominated the intellectual and cultural landscape in Germany, so much so, that every political ideology, from the fascistic to the anarchic, tried to claim his authority to enhance its own legitimacy. The Nazi misreadings of Nietzsche3 acquired the advantage, needless to say, of the success of their political movement.
