![]() A crucial aspect of Kaufmann's work consisted in disentangling Nietzsche from this morass of proto-Nazi foment engulfing him, an environment Nietzsche himself had been fully aware of as highly toxic, and the nightmarish aspects of which must now be admitted to have played a part in his mental breakdown of January 1889. In post-war America, Walter Kaufmann led the effort of liberation necessary to emancipate Nietzsche from this outrage, and could be said to have chaired a metaphorical committee of de-Nazification which examined how the awful collaboration began through the efforts of Nietzsche's brother-in-law Bernard, his sister Elizabeth, and their hero, Richard Wagner. Half a century later, Nietzsche's vision materialized temporarily at Princeton University in the shape of Walter Kaufmann, a brilliant bi-lingual German-born Jew, able to explain how the invasions worked by the Nazis also included an intellectual dimension, for they had annexed not only neighbouring countries, but also previous thinkers, forcing them into collaboration with their insidious plans. ![]() In Ecce Homo, Nietzsche in prophetic mode envisioned a day in which chairs in philosophy would be endowed in Universities devoted to the interpretation of his work. ![]()
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