Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche

Summary

Dominique Pagani mainly mentions Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche in connection with her brother's posthumous reputation. He recalls that she is blamed for a fascist-leaning falsification of Nietzsche's writings, then qualifies this point by drawing on Losurdo: if she did alter the texts, it was rather to tone down an antisemitism that was too explicit, so that she was less fascist than her brother12. He also mentions that she took part, with her husband, in an Aryan colony in South America3. She also appears as the recipient of letters in the relationship between Nietzsche and Wagner: Nietzsche tells her how moved he was by Parsifal4, and Wagner asks her to tell her brother that he has been alone since they parted5. He comes back to this letter several times. Finally, he notes her hostility towards Lou Salomé, whom she called "the Russian"6.

1. 1#12 Nietzsche (right up) against Wagner28 Jan 2021 · 1:22:12
2. 2#15 Nietzsche: philosophical or musical relevance? Answers to questions23 Jun 2022 · 1:21:53
3. 3#5 Happiness versus the death drive in music11 Dec 2020 · 1:06:51
4. 4#1 Schubert and the master singers3 Dec 2020 · 44:34
5. 5The eternal return… of the death camps?13 Oct 2024 · 1:10:20
6. 6#4 Harnessed to confinitude11 Apr 2020 · 1:13:03

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