Introduction: Nietzsche on Style

Abstract

The Nietzsche essays are divided into two sections: the first focuses on Nietzsche’s style, and the second focuses on his concept of style. The essays dealing with Nietzsche’s style examine either a particular textual strategy, such as parody or irony and its role in Nietzsche’s philosophy (D’Iorio, Zavatta), or Nietzsche’s peculiar style of philosophical investigation, such as genealogy (Ugolini), or the way he builds a philosophical hypothesis, such as experimental skepticism (Serini). On the other side, the essays dealing with Nietzsche’s concept of style provide the reader with a map to navigate the different meanings of the concept (Alfano), or the connection between a healthy culture and style (Benne), or the key concept of “Grand Style” in its relation to art and physiology (Busellato). Finally, we are presented with the complex and problematic concept of “giving a style to one’s own character” (Constâncio).