[C] [Wittrs] Re: Re: Wittgenstein, Translations & "Queer"
- From: "J" <ubersicht@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: wittrsamr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:12:52 -0000
Kirby,
Thanks for the very interesting information regarding Kaufmann's translations
and explanations of same.
One quibble:
(Nietzsche was
> Austrian, like LW, wasn't proto-Nazi in any way -- would be Kaufmann's
> brief on the guy).
Surely not. Surely, Kaufmann would know that Nietzsche was born and died in
Saxony, Prussia, that he studied at Bonn, that he taught in Switzerland, that
after that he summered in Switzerland, but spent his winters in Italy and
France on different occasions, but on no account was Austrian. He would know
that Nietzsche had been a citizen of Prussia, a part of the German
Confederation, but had that annulled to teach at Basel and was thenceforth
officially stateless. He'd also know that Nietzsche insisted on his descent
from Polish noblemen.
Moreover, he'd know that Hitler himself was Austrian, so being Austrian would
not preclude being a Nazi, proto- or otherwise.
That Nietzsche ended his friendship (and his hero-worship) of Wagner on
learning of the latter's anti-Semitism, considering such bigotry to be contrary
to his overman ideal would be far more relevant as a brief way of dispensing
with the "proto-Nazi" charge. (Similarly, his break with friend and editor,
Ernst Schmeitzner, for similar reasons.)
(And the history of his sister's selection and redaction of her brother's work
on the basis of her own Nazi sympathies would serve in part to address why
people might have taken him as such.)
JPDeMouy
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