Nietzsche did not formulate a political theory. He criticized state institutions just as relentlessly as the political ideologies of his time. This critical distance, however, also enabled him to pose fundamental questions about the nature and purpose of the political, questions that remain relevant to this day. He reevaluated the political from the standpoints of psychology and morality, cultural enhancement and human flourishing.

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Martin A. Ruehl, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Corinna Schubert, Klassik Stiftung Weimar, Weimar.