Selected Writings

Sarah Kofmans philosophical works currently available in English are: The Childhood of Art (1988), The Enigma of Woman: Woman in Freud's Writings (1985), Freud and Fiction (1991), and Nietzsche and Metaphor (Stanford, 1994). Thomas Albrecht is Assistant Professor of English at Tulane University.

• Contents Acknowledgments Editor's Preface Thomas Albrecht Introduction Jacques Derrida PART 1: Reading (with) Freud 1.The Double Reading 2.The Impossible Profession 3.'a cloche PART 2: Nietzsche and the Scene of Philosophy 4.The Evil Eye 5.Scorning Jews: Nietzsche, the Jews, Anti-Semitism PART 3: With Respect to Woman 6.From The Enigma of Woman: Woman in Freud's Writings 7.The Economy of Respect: Kant and Respect for Women PART 4: The Truth in Painting 8.The Melancholy of Art 9.The Resemblance of Portraits: Imitation According to Diderot 10.Conjuring Death: Remarks on The Anatomy Lesson of Doctor Nicolas Tulp (1632) PART 5: Judaism and Anti-Semitism / Autobiography 11.Shoah (or Dis-grace) 12.Autobiographical Writings Damned Food Tomb for a Proper Name Post-scriptum-1992 "My Life" and Psychoanalysis Nightmare: At the Margins of Medieval Studies Notes Contributors

"Kofman had something to say, and her writings still command attention for their insight, their adventurousness,and their attentiveness to the philosophical traditions with which she so productively wrestled. She was one of the great readers of Freud in the twentieth century, and she brought the same caring intelligence to her interpretations of Nietzsche."—BookForum