Power and Purity

This penetrating study explains how the union of Nietzsche’s “will to power” and a secularized Puritan moralism gave birth to a powerful and destructive political and social movement. The book explores how a new generation of radicals has embraced the rhetoric and tactics of the will to power, yet remains tied to a moralism Nietzsche would despise. This incoherence dooms social justice warriors to perpetual frustration.