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Abstract
Framing the tension between cultural determination and individuality in its Nietzschean sense, Richard Elliott argues that despite his denouncements of nationalism as symptomatic of ‘petty politics,’ Nietzsche’s cosmopolitanism possesses limited scope. Elliott maintains that as Nietzsche’s prescription to engage in ‘grand politics’ is aimed only at those he considers to be superlative individuals, the tendency in the secondary literature to view his internationalism as possessing a far-reaching imperative is misguided. While the motivation to characterize it thusly may stem from a desire to distance Nietzsche from pernicious misappropriations, Elliott alleges that elitism and transgression are interwoven in Nietzsche’s ‘good European.’
