Product DescriptionOn the Genealogy of Morality contains some of Nietzsche’s most disturbing ideas and images: eg the ’slave revolt’ in morality, which he claims began with the Jews and has now triumphed, and the ‘blond beast’ that must erupt, which he claims to find behind all civilisation. It is therefore a major source for understanding why ‘Nietzschean’ ideas are controversial. Further, it is one of Nietzsche’s most important books, a work of his maturity that shows him at the hei… More >>

On the Genealogy of Morality

Product DescriptionFriedrich Nietzsche is one of the most influential thinkers of the past 150 years and On the Genealogy of Morality (1887) is his most important work on ethics and politics. A polemical contribution to moral and political theory, it offers a critique of moral values and traces the historical evolution of concepts such as guilt, conscience, responsibility, law and justice. This is a revised and updated edition of one of the most successful volumes to appear in Cambrid… More >>

Nietzsche: ‘On the Genealogy of Morality’ and Other Writings: Revised Student Edition