If you’re a Nietzsche scholar and you haven’t heard of Mark Alfano’s book, you’re not paying attention. Published in 2019, Nietzsche’s Moral Psychology has already been reviewed by leading Nietzsche scholars in numerous venues (including Notre Dame Philosophical Review, Ethics, and Nietzsche-Studien), dissected in a book symposium published in this very journal (Journal of Nietzsche Studies 51.2 [2020]: 241–72), and featured on a popular philosophy blog’s book review forum (with comments from the author). Its broad influence is already evidenced by the extensive scholarly debate it has provoked and the predominantly positive evaluations it has received, and its impact is particularly noteworthy because of its contribution to the literature on Nietzsche’s philosophical psychology, a topic en vogue in contemporary Nietzsche studies.
In this book, Alfano employs a digital humanities approach that aims to identify topics of special significance to Nietzsche’s thought by examining the frequency with which...
