Nietzsche: A Selected Annotated Bibliography

Nietzsche and Women

“You are going to women?  Do not forget the whip!”  These well-known lines from Thus Spoke Zarathustra, along with many others, have led many to dismiss Nietzsche as a misogynist and to claim, like Walter Kaufmann, that his remarks about women are irrelevant to his philosophy.  Serious study of the feminine in Nietzsche’s thought began in the 70’s, in France, with Sara Kofman’s “Baubô” and Jacques Derrida’s Spurs: Nietzsche’s Styles. 

Burgard, Peter J., ed.  Nietzsche and the Feminine. (Charlottesville: University Press of Viriginia, 1994)  JfE 94-8343

This collection of essays examines Nietzsche’s deep ambivalence towards women and considers this ambivalence central to his thinking.

Oliver, Kelly and Marilyn Pearsall, eds.  Feminist Interpretations of Friedrich Nietzsche.  (University Park, Pa.: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1998)  JFE 98-9626

This excellent collection includes important essays by Kofman and Derrida.