'…a major achievement to have so successfully and originally marked out the arena in which Nietzsche's moral and political thought took shape…effectively modulating fine–grained exegesis with critical commentary…written with power, passion and persuasiveness.' The Times Higher Education Supplement

• 1. Nietzsche contra Rousseau; 2. Civilization and its discontents: Rousseau on man's natural goodness; 3. Squaring the circle: Rousseau on the General Will; 4. Nietzsche's Dionysian drama on the destiny of the soul: on the 'Genealogy of Morals'; 5. Zarathustra's descent: on a teaching of redemption; 6. Bending the bow: great politics, or, the problem of the legislator; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

'…a major achievement to have so successfully and originally marked out the arena in which Nietzsche's moral and political thought took shape…effectively modulating fine–grained exegesis with critical commentary…written with power, passion and persuasiveness.' The Times Higher Education Supplement

• 1. Nietzsche contra Rousseau; 2. Civilization and its discontents: Rousseau on man's natural goodness; 3. Squaring the circle: Rousseau on the General Will; 4. Nietzsche's Dionysian drama on the destiny of the soul: on the 'Genealogy of Morals'; 5. Zarathustra's descent: on a teaching of redemption; 6. Bending the bow: great politics, or, the problem of the legislator; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

'…a major achievement to have so successfully and originally marked out the arena in which Nietzsche's moral and political thought took shape…effectively modulating fine–grained exegesis with critical commentary…written with power, passion and persuasiveness.' The Times Higher Education Supplement

• 1. Nietzsche contra Rousseau; 2. Civilization and its discontents: Rousseau on man's natural goodness; 3. Squaring the circle: Rousseau on the General Will; 4. Nietzsche's Dionysian drama on the destiny of the soul: on the 'Genealogy of Morals'; 5. Zarathustra's descent: on a teaching of redemption; 6. Bending the bow: great politics, or, the problem of the legislator; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.