{"product_id":"the-great-debate-nietzsche-culture-and-the-scandinavian-welfare-society-hardback-9780299346102","title":"The Great Debate; Nietzsche, Culture, and the Scandinavian Welfare Society (Hardback) 9780299346102","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Great Debate\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eNietzsche, Culture, and the Scandinavian Welfare Society\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGeorg Brandes (Author), Harald Høffding (Author), William Banks (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780299346102\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 9 January 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e256 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm, 0.272 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e“Brandes and HØffding’s debate concerning Nietzsche as an advocate of ‘aristocratic radicalism’ is of immense relevance and interest today, representing one of the first clashes between elitism and democratism. Banks’s critical introduction, extremely useful in situating the debate in its historical context, intriguingly shows how Nietzsche’s notion of the aristocrat has been taken over by the great celebrity entrepreneurs of our time.”—Ishay Landa, The Open University of Israel\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn 1889, Danish literary critic Georg Brandes published “Aristocratic Radicalism: An Essay on Friedrich Nietzsche,” which transformed the as-yet-unknown German-Swiss philosopher into a European, and ultimately global, phenomenon. The article sparked a furious public debate between Brandes and a fellow Dane, philosopher Harald HØffding, who swiftly issued a rebuttal,  “Democratic Radicalism: An Objection.” What began as a scholarly disagreement over Nietzsche’s philosophy rapidly spiraled into a sprawling contest of competing visions of society’s future, one radically aristocratic and the other radically democratic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Marking the moment at which the uniquely Nordic concept of social democratic welfare was first contested in the public sphere, this debate provides insights into not only Nietzschean philosophy and its immediate reception but also the foundational concept of modern Scandinavian social, cultural, and political organization. This volume presents, for the first time in any language other than Danish, the debate in its entirety: three essays by Brandes and three by HØffding. A critical introduction by editor and translator William Banks explores the exchange in its context and convincingly argues that the principles contested by the two Danish luminaries still very much resonate in Western society today.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNote on the Source Texts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1 Aristocratic Radicalism: An Essay on Friedrich Nietzsche\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGeorg Brandes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2 Democratic Radicalism: An Objection\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHarald HØ\u003cbr\u003effding\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3 The Great Man: The Source of Culture\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGeorg Brandes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4 Response to Dr. Georg Brandes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHarald HØ\u003cbr\u003effding\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5 Rejoinder\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGeorg Brandes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEpilogue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHarald HØ\u003cbr\u003effding\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Wisconsin Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52702304829720,"sku":"9780299346102","price":49.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-great-debate-nietzsche-culture-and-the-scandinavian-welfare-society-hardback-9780299346102","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}