When the audio-book edition hit 1 million views at YouTube, I was astounded. “That many people will listen to a philosophy book??” When it hit 2 million, amazed. Then 3 million ….
So I’m happy and continuingly surprised as Nietzsche and the Nazis has passed 4.99 million views and is closing on 5 million.
Description: “Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) is famous for his statement that God is dead and his provocative account of Master and Slave moralities — and for the fact that Adolf Hitler and the Nazis claimed that Nietzsche was one of their great inspirations. Were the Nazis right to do so or did they misappropriate Nietzsche’s philosophy? In this book, based on the 2006 documentary, Professor Stephen Hicks asks and answers the following questions:
* What were the key elements of Hitler and the National Socialists’ political philosophy?
* How did the Nazis come to power in a nation as educated and civilized as Germany?
* What was Friedrich Nietzsche’s philosophy the philosophy of “Live dangerously” and “That which does not kill us makes us stronger”?
* And to what extent did Nietzsche’s philosophy provide a foundation for the horrors perpetrated by the Nazis?”
The print edition and various translations are also doing healthily, for those preferring those other formats.
Congratulations Dr. Hicks on this impressive accomplishment.
Thank you, John!