In Defense of Rhetoric: Or How Hard It Is to Take a Writer Seriously: The Case of Nietzsche.

Interpretations of Nietzsche, particularly about politics, cover an exceptionally wide range. Additionally, Nietzsche is often said to commit “rhetorical excesses.” I argue and show that Nietzsche consciously crafted his published works to allow this range of interpretations, that he did this for critical purposes, and that his so-called rhetoric is there to serve this purpose. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]