Robert C. Holub is Ohio Eminent Scholar, Professor, and Chair of German Languages and Literatures at The Ohio State University. He is author of numerous books, including most recently Nietzsche's Jewish Problem: Between Anti-Semitism and Anti-Judaism.

"Nietzsche famously described himself as an 'untimely' thinker. Yet his thought was deeply embedded in the debates of his time. In nine sharp chapters ranging from the women's question and colonialism to anti-Semitism and eugenics, Robert Holub sheds revealing light on the oftentimes surprising origin and development of Nietzsche's ideas from out of the arguments and disputes that shaped intellectual life during the latter half of the nineteenth century. A must read for anyone interested in understanding Nietzsche and his importance for us today." (Hugo Drochon, University of Cambridge)

• A Note on CitationsIntroduction: The Timely MeditatorChapter 1. The Education QuestionChapter 2. The German QuestionChapter 3. The Social QuestionChapter 4. The Women's QuestionChapter 5. The Colonial QuestionChapter 6. The Jewish QuestionChapter 7. The Evolution QuestionChapter 8. The Cosmological QuestionChapter 9. The Eugenics QuestionConcluding RemarksNotesIndexAcknowledgments

Robert C. Holub is Ohio Eminent Scholar, Professor, and Chair of German Languages and Literatures at The Ohio State University. He is author of numerous books, including most recently Nietzsche's Jewish Problem: Between Anti-Semitism and Anti-Judaism.

"Nietzsche famously described himself as an 'untimely' thinker. Yet his thought was deeply embedded in the debates of his time. In nine sharp chapters ranging from the women's question and colonialism to anti-Semitism and eugenics, Robert Holub sheds revealing light on the oftentimes surprising origin and development of Nietzsche's ideas from out of the arguments and disputes that shaped intellectual life during the latter half of the nineteenth century. A must read for anyone interested in understanding Nietzsche and his importance for us today." (Hugo Drochon, University of Cambridge)

• A Note on CitationsIntroduction: The Timely MeditatorChapter 1. The Education QuestionChapter 2. The German QuestionChapter 3. The Social QuestionChapter 4. The Women's QuestionChapter 5. The Colonial QuestionChapter 6. The Jewish QuestionChapter 7. The Evolution QuestionChapter 8. The Cosmological QuestionChapter 9. The Eugenics QuestionConcluding RemarksNotesIndexAcknowledgments

Robert C. Holub is Ohio Eminent Scholar, Professor, and Chair of German Languages and Literatures at The Ohio State University. He is author of numerous books, including most recently Nietzsche's Jewish Problem: Between Anti-Semitism and Anti-Judaism.

"Nietzsche famously described himself as an 'untimely' thinker. Yet his thought was deeply embedded in the debates of his time. In nine sharp chapters ranging from the women's question and colonialism to anti-Semitism and eugenics, Robert Holub sheds revealing light on the oftentimes surprising origin and development of Nietzsche's ideas from out of the arguments and disputes that shaped intellectual life during the latter half of the nineteenth century. A must read for anyone interested in understanding Nietzsche and his importance for us today." (Hugo Drochon, University of Cambridge)

• A Note on CitationsIntroduction: The Timely MeditatorChapter 1. The Education QuestionChapter 2. The German QuestionChapter 3. The Social QuestionChapter 4. The Women's QuestionChapter 5. The Colonial QuestionChapter 6. The Jewish QuestionChapter 7. The Evolution QuestionChapter 8. The Cosmological QuestionChapter 9. The Eugenics QuestionConcluding RemarksNotesIndexAcknowledgments