The emphasis on the ethical aspects, as opposed to the political, has been long overdue and this collection of essays provides a satisfying redress. Moira gatens is an australian academic feminist philosopher and current challis professor of. From the back cover this extremely accessible textbook provides a wideranging analysis of the relations between philosophy and feminist thought. A journal of critical philosophy find, read and cite all. The redemption of illusion jonathan ree moira gatens, feminism and philosophy. His theory of the affects challenges triumphalist accounts of free will that praise. Introduction elizabeth grosz reason as attainment genevieve lloyd feminism, philosophy, and riddles without answers moira gatens part vi. In 200708 she was a fellow at the wissenschaftskolleg be. Moira gatens picks up on this connection, developing an account of spinozas aesthetics oriented around the proximity between artistry and prophecy. The twelve outstanding chapters range over the entire field of spinozas writings. A new volume of philosophical essays by bernard williams.
What spinoza can teach us about embodying and naturalizing ethics. Introduction philipa rothfield an impasse in psychoanalysis and feminism teresa brennan a critique of the sexgender distinction moira gatens part v. Jul 29, 1999 in this intriguing book, moira gatens and genevieve lloyd show us that in spite of or rather because of spinozas apparent strangeness, his philosophy can be a rich resource for cultural selfunderstanding in the present. Moira gatens is an australian academic feminist philosopher and current challis professor of philosophy at the university of sydney. Moira gatens philosophy and literature johns hopkins university press. A companion to continental philosophy wiley online books.
While biotic grasp gives moira shortrange options, her biotic orbs contribute longerrange, handsoff damage and healing. After completing her phd, moira gatens taught at monash university 1987 and the australian national university 19871992 before returning to sydney in 1992. Moira gatens investigates the ways in which differently sexed bodies can occupy the same social or political space. Feminist interpretations of benedict spinoza moira gatens. Authors such as antonio damasio and heidi ravven applaud spinozas prescience in proposing an integrated, network model of the mind, cognition and emotion, rather than a modular model that tends to compartmentalize judgments, beliefs and desires. Moira gatens explores alternative positions to dualism by exploring psychoanalytic, foucaultian and spinozist notions of embodiment. Representations of sexual difference have unacknowledged philosophical roots which cannot be dismissed as a superficial bias on the part of the philosopher, nor removed without destroying the coherence of the philosophical system concerned.
The puzzles over spinozas egalitarian credentials pose a problem particularly if. Institutions, embodiment and sexual difference moira gatens part i. It is the first booklength study dedicated to the rereading of spinozas ethical and theologicopolitical works from a feminist perspective. As the invisible committee write in to our friends, friend and free in englishcome from the same indoeuropean root, which conveys the idea of a shared power that grows. Publications for moira gatens 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015. Moira gatens rereads gallops paper as the epitome itself of the psychoanalytic narrative the family romance according to freud and therefore reads the disruptive male presence rather differently. In this intriguing book, moira gatens and genevieve lloyd show us that in spite of or rather because of spinozas apparent strangeness, his philosophy can be a rich resource for cultural selfunderstanding in the present. This form of argument otherises the problem and normalises the standards by which those terms are measured whites, men, employed and employers, heterosexuals and so.
Moira gatens poses questions that challenge the social and. Danielle celermajer, millicent churcher, moira gatens and anna hush. She is a fellow of the academy of the humanities and the academy of the social sciences in australia. Mill to extend liberal principles to womens situation. How could a philosopher who insists on the exclusion of women from citizenship and state office by virtue of their insuperable weakness be an inspiration for feminism. Perspectives on difference and equality moira gatens epub version 1747 downloads at 29 mbs this extremely accessible textbook provides a wideranging analysis of the relations between philosophy and feminist thought. In this intriguing book, moira gatens and genevieve lloyd show us that in spite ofor rather because ofspinozas apparent strangeness, his philosophy can, isbn 9780415165716 buy the collective imaginings ebook. Once shes charged coalescence, moira can save multiple. Schroeder teaches continental philosophy at the university of illinois at urbana champaign. Finally, an anthology that places the power and range of feminist theory in the context not just of the western tradition but also the concerns of the two thirds world. Collective imaginings isbn 9780415165716 pdf epub moira.
She then examines attempts by harriet taylor and j. Feminist interpretations of benedict spinoza moira. The book is a successor to problems of the self, but whereas t. This volume brings together international scholars working at the intersection of spinoza studies and critical and feminist philosophy. Perspectives on difference and equality herta nagldocekal and herlinde pauerstuder, eds. Perspectives on difference and equalitymoira gatens bloomington. Dec 11, 2017 to be free was not to be unrestricted, but to be a friend among loved ones. Moira gatens, the university of sydney, philosophy department, department member. Imaginary bodies is a collection of essays that offer a sustained challenge to traditional philosophical notions of the body, sex and gender. The essays take what gatens calls an integrated approach 11, addressing not. He has also written on hegel nietzsche, interpretive theory, freedom, and continental ethics and is currently working on a survey of continental philosophy for.
Racial violence, emotional friction, and epistemic activism. Moira gatens and genevieve lloyd were among the first to critically discuss spinoza in terms of contemporary feminist philosophy, and, with susan james, remain the most important feminist philosophers working on spinoza today. Feminism and philosophy by professor moira gatens, 9780745604701, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Read moral luck philosophical papers 19731980 by bernard williams available from rakuten kobo. A companion to feminist philosophy wiley online books. More generally, she is a distinguished political philosopher, whose work on the imagination as a productive source of reasoned action and liberationof active and.
What he disrupts, in gatens reading, is the functioning of the authoritative discourse of psychoanalysis itself, demonstrating that. Download pdf feminist interpretations of benedict spinoza. Moira gatens is senior lecturer in philosophy at the university of sydney. Being free and having ties was one and the same thing. Pdf on jan 24, 2019, timothy laurie and others published thinking without monsters. Gatens adopts an historical approach, beginning with an analysis of mary wollstonecrafts critique of rousseau. Adorno, alban berg, master of the smallest link lambert zuidervaart, adorno s aesthetic theory.
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