Michael J. McNeal is Adjunct Professor of Philosophy and International Relations at the University of Denver, USA.

Like Goethe’s expression ‘the Eternal-Feminine’, Nietzsche’s status as a feminist thinker has been perceived as regressive and progressive alike. Michael J. McNeal brings together a thought-provoking set of essays that interrogate the role of the feminine in Nietzsche’s thought in a way that directly addresses our contemporary debate about gender and identity.

• Introduction by Michael McNealPart I. Formative Antecedents 1. Nietzsche on Woman (with a new postscript), Lawrence J. Hatab, Old Dominion University (1981)2. Woman as Truth in Nietzsche’s Writing, Kelly Oliver, Vanderbilt University (1984)Part II. Perfectionism and Psychology3. Nature’s Motherly Veil – Style in Nietzsche’s Untimely Meditations, Pedro Nagem de Souza, UNICAMP, Brazil4. Nietzsche and the Psychology of the ‘Eternally Feminine’, Allison Merrick, California State University, USA5. Nietzsche’s Perfectionism and the Ethics of Care, Justin Remhof, Old Dominion University, USAPart III. Women, Myth, and the Future6. Shakti Under Erasure: Parallels with Goddess Spirituality in Nietzsche's Thought, Shruti Jain, Jindal Global University, India7. The Meaning of Ariadne for Nietzsche, Mat Messerschmidt, University of Chicago, USA8. Nietzsche on Naxos: Seduction, Deification, and the Truth of the Self, Nicholas Low, Harvard University, USAPart IV. Gender, Ressentiment, and the Revaluation of Values9. Genealogy in Drag: Nietzsche and Butler on Language and Gender, Marta Vero, Italian Institute for Germanic Studies, Italy10. What if Truth Were a Woman? Metaphors of the Feminine and the Transvaluation of Values in Nietzsche’s Philosophy, Isadora Petry, UNICAMP, Brazil11. Feminism as Female Slave Morality? An Emancipatory Thesis from Rousseau to Nietzsche, Nina Lex, Friedrich Nietzsche College, Germany12. Nietzsche on Marriage and the Cultivation of Humanity, Marina García-Granero, University of Valencia, SpainPart V. Nietzschean Engagements and Influences 13. The ‘Eternal-Feminine’ in Nietzsche's Philosophy: On Nietzsche’s Inversion of Goethe's Verse – Ihr ‘Ewig-Weibliches’ zieht uns - hinab!, Vinicius Souza de Paulo, Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil14. The Nihilism of the Oppressed: Hedwig Dohm’s Feminist Critique of Nietzschean Nihilism, Katie Brennan, Temple University, USA15. Stendhal, Nietzsche, and Beauvoir on Romantic Love, Lorenzo Serini, University of Warwick, UKIndex

Michael J. McNeal is Adjunct Professor of Philosophy and International Relations at the University of Denver, USA.

Like Goethe’s expression ‘the Eternal-Feminine’, Nietzsche’s status as a feminist thinker has been perceived as regressive and progressive alike. Michael J. McNeal brings together a thought-provoking set of essays that interrogate the role of the feminine in Nietzsche’s thought in a way that directly addresses our contemporary debate about gender and identity.

• Introduction by Michael McNealPart I. Formative Antecedents 1. Nietzsche on Woman (with a new postscript), Lawrence J. Hatab, Old Dominion University (1981)2. Woman as Truth in Nietzsche’s Writing, Kelly Oliver, Vanderbilt University (1984)Part II. Perfectionism and Psychology3. Nature’s Motherly Veil – Style in Nietzsche’s Untimely Meditations, Pedro Nagem de Souza, UNICAMP, Brazil4. Nietzsche and the Psychology of the ‘Eternally Feminine’, Allison Merrick, California State University, USA5. Nietzsche’s Perfectionism and the Ethics of Care, Justin Remhof, Old Dominion University, USAPart III. Women, Myth, and the Future6. Shakti Under Erasure: Parallels with Goddess Spirituality in Nietzsche's Thought, Shruti Jain, Jindal Global University, India7. The Meaning of Ariadne for Nietzsche, Mat Messerschmidt, University of Chicago, USA8. Nietzsche on Naxos: Seduction, Deification, and the Truth of the Self, Nicholas Low, Harvard University, USAPart IV. Gender, Ressentiment, and the Revaluation of Values9. Genealogy in Drag: Nietzsche and Butler on Language and Gender, Marta Vero, Italian Institute for Germanic Studies, Italy10. What if Truth Were a Woman? Metaphors of the Feminine and the Transvaluation of Values in Nietzsche’s Philosophy, Isadora Petry, UNICAMP, Brazil11. Feminism as Female Slave Morality? An Emancipatory Thesis from Rousseau to Nietzsche, Nina Lex, Friedrich Nietzsche College, Germany12. Nietzsche on Marriage and the Cultivation of Humanity, Marina García-Granero, University of Valencia, SpainPart V. Nietzschean Engagements and Influences 13. The ‘Eternal-Feminine’ in Nietzsche's Philosophy: On Nietzsche’s Inversion of Goethe's Verse – Ihr ‘Ewig-Weibliches’ zieht uns - hinab!, Vinicius Souza de Paulo, Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil14. The Nihilism of the Oppressed: Hedwig Dohm’s Feminist Critique of Nietzschean Nihilism, Katie Brennan, Temple University, USA15. Stendhal, Nietzsche, and Beauvoir on Romantic Love, Lorenzo Serini, University of Warwick, UKIndex