Nietzsche and Metaphor

This book addresses the question of metaphor in Nietzsche. It provides an unusual reading of Nietzsche’s ideas (particularly of the central concept of will to power ) and an incisive method for investigating his style. Developing work on Nietzsche undertaken by Derrida and the post-structuralists, Kofman shows how Nietzsche’s style influences his ideas and how these ideas are to be understood. Since its first publication in France in 1972, this work has been a major influence on readings of Nietzsche and this English-language translation should be widely welcomed. Sarah Kofman’s translated works include The Enigma of Women: Women in Freud’s Writings (1985), The Childhood of Art (1988) and Freud and Fiction (1991).