THE NIETZSCHE DIALOGUES (5): Nietzsche on Women (w/ Pamela von Sabljar)

Nietzsche made a controversial impact in many different fields, and focused on many different topics. Perhaps the most controversial field/topic would include Nietzsche's "feminism" and his views on women. These views are often interpreted as complex, contradictory, and even (for some), an embarrassing and anachronistic low-point in Nietzsche's overall philosophy. Whatever specifically can be said about Nietzsche view on women, what is without doubt, is that Nietzsche's philosophy, while pointing towards a universal horizon of becoming with the idea of the overman, still recognizes sexual difference between men and women as playing an important role in the mediation of the overman. In this discussion, we attempt to reflection on some crucial passages in Nietzsche as it relates to the body, sexual difference, and women. These reflections include Nietzsche's ideas about "body haters", "pleasures and pains of passion", "chastity", "relations between men and women", as well as "marriage and reproduction".

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