First published 2006
In this incendiary philosophical work, Nietzsche dissects the history of Western morality. He reveals how the "virtues" of compassion, equality, and justice emerged from a brutal process of social conditioning, designed to tame the wild vitality of earlier cultures. With searing insight, Nietzsche challenges the very foundations of our ethical beliefs, exposing the violence and self-deception at the heart of religion and science. In the end, his radical critique leaves us questioning the nature of truth itself.
Genres: philosophy, social-science, 19th-century, academic
Vibes: dark, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: questioning-truth, radical-critique
Period: 1887
244 pages · Hardcover · Cambridge University Press