Allison Merrick is Professor of Philosophy at California State University, San Marcos. She is the co-editor of Nietzsche and Politicized Identities (2024) and of 'Shame: Sources and Trajectories,' a special issue of Psychoanalytic Inquiry (2024).

• Introduction: why genealogy?; 1. The descent of our moral prejudices: on the subject of Nietzsche's genealogical analysis; 2. The order of rank: on the role of history in Nietzsche's genealogical analysis; 3. The most difficult backward inference: on the role of psychology in Nietzsche's genealogical analysis; 4. The moral defense: cruelty turned inward; 5. The psychological type of the redeemer; 6. The seal of liberation; 7. But how can we find ourselves again?; Acknowledgments; Reference List; Index.

Allison Merrick is Professor of Philosophy at California State University, San Marcos. She is the co-editor of Nietzsche and Politicized Identities (2024) and of 'Shame: Sources and Trajectories,' a special issue of Psychoanalytic Inquiry (2024).

• Introduction: why genealogy?; 1. The descent of our moral prejudices: on the subject of Nietzsche's genealogical analysis; 2. The order of rank: on the role of history in Nietzsche's genealogical analysis; 3. The most difficult backward inference: on the role of psychology in Nietzsche's genealogical analysis; 4. The moral defense: cruelty turned inward; 5. The psychological type of the redeemer; 6. The seal of liberation; 7. But how can we find ourselves again?; Acknowledgments; Reference List; Index.

Allison Merrick is Professor of Philosophy at California State University, San Marcos. She is the co-editor of Nietzsche and Politicized Identities (2024) and of 'Shame: Sources and Trajectories,' a special issue of Psychoanalytic Inquiry (2024).

• Introduction: why genealogy?; 1. The descent of our moral prejudices: on the subject of Nietzsche's genealogical analysis; 2. The order of rank: on the role of history in Nietzsche's genealogical analysis; 3. The most difficult backward inference: on the role of psychology in Nietzsche's genealogical analysis; 4. The moral defense: cruelty turned inward; 5. The psychological type of the redeemer; 6. The seal of liberation; 7. But how can we find ourselves again?; Acknowledgments; Reference List; Index.