By re-examining Nietzsche''s notion of the -eternal-feminine- and his views on women and feminism, this volume offers new perspectives on some of his key ideas. It brings together a diverse group of scholars to critically engage with Nietzsche-s use of late-19th-century gender stereotypes and the ways in which they served his critique of values, including his use of -woman- as a trope for truth.
Among other subjects, the contributors consider the role of psychology in Nietzsche''s thought, his concern with style, self-creation, and advocacy of perfectionism, his views on romantic love and marriage, and his aim of revaluing all values to instigate a distant philosophy of the future. They investigate parallels between Nietzsche-s thought and Shaktism, his relation to Goethe and Stendahl, and his influence on Beauvoir, Butler, and Dohm. With the inclusion of two seminal essays on Nietzsche and women by Lawrence J. Hatab and Kelly Oliver, the volume also illustrates some of the
