Language:
English
Year of publication:
1988
Titel der Quelle:
Journal of the History of Ideas
Angaben zur Quelle:
49,2 (1988) 301-317
Keywords:
Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm,
Abstract:
Traces the development of Nietzsche's attitudes toward Jews in his writings, emphasizing the influence of personal relationships. As a young man, Nietzsche's adoption of antisemitic attitudes was strengthened by his ties with Richard Wagner. When he broke with Wagner, his view of Judaism became more positive and he acquired a Jewish friend, Paul Ree. In "Human, All Too Human" (1878) he deplored antisemitism as a product of nationalism and admired the modern Jew's intelligence and rationality, but here and in other works he continued to criticize aspects of ancient Judaism (usually the same aspects developed by Christianity). In later works, he attributed to the Jewish prophets the creation of a "slave morality, " taken up by Christianity, which identified the poor and weak as holy and the rich and powerful as evil. The violence of his attack may be linked to resentment against Ree whom he felt had betrayed him. However, he continued to oppose the antisemitic movement.
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