Nietzsche: A Selected Annotated Bibliography

Genealogy of Morals

Ridley, Aaron.  Nietzsche’s Conscience: Six Character Studies from the Genealogy.  (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1998).  JFE 99-1250

Ridley gives a series of character studies on the six personality types discussed in the Genealogy of Morals, i.e., the master, slave, priest, philosopher, artist, scientist, and the nobleman.  For Ridley, it is through these personalities that the arguments of the Genealogy are developed.

Schacht, Richard, ed.  Nietzsche, Genealogy, Morality: Essays on Nietzsche's On the Genealogy of Morals.  (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1994).  JFE 00-5934

A broad range of interpretations On the Genealogy of Morals is offered in this superb collection of essays.