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Aristocratic Radicalism: Nietzsche and the Politics of Reaction

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Nietzsche's Aristocratic Theories and Individualism

Nietzsche wasn't a systematic thinker, but what he did consistently insist on was a kind of radical individualism. His aristocratic radicals would be hard to pin down precisely because they wouldn't be characterized by any kind of group qualities,. They would be rarefied and elevated. And it's very hard to mobilize a group politics on the basis that only a few select individuals are worthy to engage in great politics.

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