Future of Democracy

[theapportioner]

I'll be the first to asterisk that I'm no scholar of Nietszche, but as I understand it, the "aristocracy" he writes of isn't necessarily a political one. Yea he has nasty things to say about liberalism but he also describes himself as "apolitical". The Overman, for him, could well be an artistic genius, such as Wagner before their falling out.

I don't know Nietszche well enough to say how "political" his message is intended to be, but certainly it can and has been interpreted as such. Ror, what do you think of his virulently anti-Christian stance?

What do you think of postmodernist/poststructuralist theorists, e.g. Foucault, Derrida, Lyotard? They owe quite a bit to Nietszche, especially Foucault, though their conclusions run quite counter to what you're concluding.