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What Nietzsche Really Said:A Reader’s Guide
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A LUCID, BALANCED INTRODUCTION TO NIETZSCHE’S LIFE AND THOUGHT
Translated into English for the first time, Mazzino Montinari’s classic introduction to Nietzsche is remarkable for its clarity, precision, and critical depth. What Nietzsche Really Said dismantles myths that have long distorted the philosopher’s legacy, from fascist appropriations to doctrinaire readings by self-styled Nietzscheans.
Montinari captures Nietzsche as a restless critical thinker whose reflections on modernity, power, and culture unfolded through a lifelong process of questioning and revision.
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Nietzsche became a canvas onto which the entire spectrum of twentieth-century ideas has been projected. In the Cold War of interpretations, Mazzino Montinari was unparalleled in his determination to let the historical Nietzsche speak for himself. As a companion volume to his monumental edition of Nietzsche's works, this small book stands as a testament to a lifelong search for truth.
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Here finally in English is Montinari’s intellectual biography of Nietzsche, splendidly translated by Peter J. Schwartz, who also delivers a compelling and reliable critical introduction. In this masterful biography, Montinari displays the philological acumen that enabled him to rescue Nietzsche’s writings from obfuscation and misrepresentation. This is a timely and welcome publication, especially in light of the resurgence of fascism worldwide
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The significance and originality of Montinari’s book – as, indeed, of all his work on the critical edition of Nietzsche’s works and correspondence – lies not only in the certainty of its central lines of interpretation, but also in its opening of a discussion about the German philosopher’s historical significance