The will to power as a defense of authority

This article seeks to discuss the relation between certain central characteristics of Friedrich Nietzsche‘s concept of the ―will to power‖ and what the author of the text understands as his authoritarian political opinions, insofar as they are grounded on a vertical concept of social organization. After an introduction, the author seeks to briefly conceptualize Nietzsche‘s will to power. Then, the unitary aspect of this nietzschean concept is brought to light, and after that a brief discussion about the differences between the political ideas that stem from Nietzsche‘s disagreements with Christian morality are made. Then author argues how, from the unitary aspect of Nietzsche‘s will to power‘s, an authoritarian form of politics comes to light, and in the last section contrasts it with a libertarian marxist one