Nietzsche's sister and the will to power: a biography of Elisabeth Forster-Nietzsche
- Publisher U.ILLINOIS
- Author/s Diethe, Carol
- ISBN13 9780252028267
- ISBN10 0252028260
- Type Book
- Pages 214
- Published 2003
- Language English
- Bookbinding Cloth
Nietzsche's sister and the will to power: a biography of Elisabeth Forster-Nietzsche
Offering a new look at Nietzsche's sister from a feminist perspective, this spirited and erudite biography examines why Elisabeth Forster-Nietzsche recklessly consorted with anti-Semites, from her own husband, Bernard Forster, to Hitler himself, out of convenience and a desire for revenge against a brother whose love for her waned after she had caused the collapse of his friendship with Lou von Salome in 1882. In distilling the reasons Forster-Nietzsche betrayed and endangered the reputation of the man she loved most, Diethe examines the dynamics of their family, Nietzsche's dismissal of his sister's early writing career, and the effects of limited education on intelligent women. Diethe also discusses the details of Forster-Nietzsche's brief marriage and her subsequent colonial venture in Paraguay, maintaining that her sporadic anti-Semitism was, like most things in her life, an expedient tool for cultivating personal success and status.
- Publisher U.ILLINOIS
- Author/s Diethe, Carol
- ISBN13 9780252028267
- ISBN10 0252028260
- Type Book
- Pages 214
- Published 2003
- Language English
- Bookbinding Cloth
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