Culture and Value in Nietzsche

Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, Forthcoming

10 Pages Posted: 18 Nov 2019

Date Written: November 7, 2019

Abstract

This review essay discusses a recent book by Andrew Huddleston that examines Nietzsche's views on culture, in particular, culture understood as “the collective life of a people, understood as akin to a great work of art." Huddelston argues against “individualist” readers of Nietzsche (including this author) who hold that after the early 1870s, Nietzsche changes his view and “instead of reposing his hopes in culture…comes to occupy himself with the fate of a few great individuals” like Beethoven and Goethe. I argue that Huddleston's own evidence shows the individualist readings to be correct, although in the process Huddleston usefully illuminates the influence of Romanticism on Nietzsche's early work. I also discuss the relationship between culture and slavery, the idea of "decadence," and the objectivity of value in Nietzsche's work.

Keywords: Nietzsche, Culture, Value, Metaethics, Andrew Huddleston

Suggested Citation

Leiter, Brian, Culture and Value in Nietzsche (November 7, 2019). Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3483260

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