Nietzsche says good Europeans must not only cultivate a supra-national view but also
supra-European perspective to transcend their European biases and see beyond the horizon of
Western culture. The volume takes up such conceptual frontier crossings and syntheses.
Emphasizing Nietzsche's genealogy of European culture and his reflections upon the constitution
of Europe in the broadest sense its essays examine peoples and nations values and arts
knowledge and religion. Nietzsche's apprehensions about the crises of nihilism and decadence
and their implications for Europe's (and humankind's) future are investigated in this context.
Concerning the crossing of notional frontiers contributors examine Nietzsche's hoped-for
dismantling of Europe's state borders the overcoming of national prejudices and rivalries and
the propagation of a revitalizing supra-European perspective on the continent its culture(s)
and future. They also illuminate lines of syntheses notably the syncretism of the ancient
Greeks and its possible example for the European culture to-be. Finally certain of Europe's
current problems are considered via the critical apparatus furnished by Nietzsche's philosophy
and the diagnostic tools it provides.
