The legacy of Nietzsche has major implications for the direction of socialist thought. My wager is that Nietzsche is the biggest antagonist to the possible victory of…… Read more “New interview on Nietzsche and Marx”
Category: Nietzsche
A book that may change left-Nietzscheanism for good
My review essay of Domenico Losurdo's groundbreaking work on Nietzsche has been published.
Equality and Nihilism
We are ambivalent about calling today's far right movements fascist. The verdict will remain out on this for some time. But as we speculate into our own… Read more "Equality and Nihilism"
What Would Nietzsche Say About Europe’s Islam Crisis?
Europe is undergoing an identity crisis and Islam has been put at the center of it. The recent terrorist attacks in Norway by a deranged man who… Read more "What Would Nietzsche Say About Europe’s Islam Crisis?"
Nietzsche, Islam, and the Rashidun
Very few of my favorite philosophers approach the topic of Islam in a nuanced or rigorous manner. For instance, in Zizek's work on Islam, most of his… Read more "Nietzsche, Islam, and the Rashidun"
The Double-Ness of Truth, Or: The truth is that which runs after truth
Why is Nietzsche’s style and aesthetic “jolts” so often misunderstood by postmodern academics? Indeed, Nietzsche is rendered as the postmodern philosopher of "perspectival truth," the notion that… Read more "The Double-Ness of Truth, Or: The truth is that which runs after truth"