Nietzsche's Nihilistic Triad

In this essay, I provide a construction of what I consider Nietzsche's nihilistic triad of the Christian/Jewish-German/Aryan- bourgeois/modern culture, arguing that his comments of one aspect of this triad ought to be read in junction with the other elements. I begin by revisiting Nietzsche's critique of Platonism and its implications upon nihilism, which lay the foundation for the three aspects of this nihilistic culture that Nietzsche diagnoses. I finally provide a grounded definition of nihilism not simply as the devaluing of the highest values as commonly referred to, but one mindful of nihilism's impact as the spiritualization, passivation, and privatization of humanity: The spiritualization of values through Judaism furthered by Christianity's globalized effort, the passivation of spirit by the idea of cultural superiority, and the privatization of affairs due to capital's productivity and the growing socio-economic modern stance.