Nietzsche and the Nazis

About this book

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) is famous for his statement that God is dead and his provocative account of Master and Slave moralities and for the fact that Adolf Hitler and the Nazis claimed that Nietzsche was one of their great inspirations. Were the Nazis right to do so or did they misappropriate Nietzsches philosophy? In this book based on the 2006 documentary Professor Stephen Hicks asks and answers the following questions: What were the key elements of Hitler and the National Socialists political philosophy? How did the Nazis come to power in a nation as educated and civilized as Germany? What was Friedrich Nietzsches philosophy the philosophy of "Live dangerously" and "That which does not kill us makes us stronger"? And to what extent did Nietzsches philosophy provide a foundation for the horrors perpetrated by the Nazis?