Executive Briefing: The Greatest Cultural Event
When the Madman cries in The Gay Science (1882) that “God is dead! And we have killed him!”, Nietzsche is not celebrating atheism; he is issuing an apocalyptic warning about the collapse of moral foundations in the Western world.
1. The Overcoming of Nihilism
Without an external transcendent realm, humanity must invent its own values (*Amor Fati*) or risk succumbing to the Last Man (*Der letzte Mensch*)—a shallow consumer seeking only comfort.
2. References
- Nietzsche, F. (1883–1885). Thus Spoke Zarathustra. Chemnitz.