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Nomadic Subjects: Embodiment and Sexual Difference in Contemporary Feminist Theory
Rosi Braidotti
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Paperback. Series: Gender and Culture Series. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 482. Embodiment and Sexual Difference in Contemporary Feminist Theory. Series: Gender and Culture Series. 352 pages. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ1. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 17. Weight: 460.
For more than fifteen years, Nomadic Subjects has guided discourse in continental philosophy and feminist theory, exploring the constitution of contemporary subjectivity, especially the concept of difference within European philosophy and political theory. Rosi Braidotti's creative style vividly renders a productive crisis of modernity. From a feminist perspective, she recasts embodiment, sexual difference, and complex concepts through relations to technology, historical events, and popular culture. This thoroughly revised and expanded edition retains all but two of Braidotti's original essays, including her investigations into epistemology's relation to the "woman question;" feminism and biomedical ethics; European feminism; and the possible relations ... Read more
For more than fifteen years, Nomadic Subjects has guided discourse in continental philosophy and feminist theory, exploring the constitution of contemporary subjectivity, especially the concept of difference within European philosophy and political theory. Rosi Braidotti's creative style vividly renders a productive crisis of modernity. From a feminist perspective, she recasts embodiment, sexual difference, and complex concepts through relations to technology, historical events, and popular culture. This thoroughly revised and expanded edition retains all but two of Braidotti's original essays, including her investigations into epistemology's relation to the "woman question;" feminism and biomedical ethics; European feminism; and the possible relations ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Series
Gender and Culture Series
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231153898
SKU
V9780231153898
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About Rosi Braidotti
Rosi Braidotti was born in Italy, raised in Australia, graduated from the Sorbonne in Paris, and became the founding professor of the women's studies program in Utrecht. She is Distinguished University Professor at Utrecht University and founding director of its Centre for the Humanities.
Reviews for Nomadic Subjects: Embodiment and Sexual Difference in Contemporary Feminist Theory
For all of those seeking a positive turn building on the powerful critique that so influenced the academy in recent decades, Rosi Braidotti offers an understanding of philosophy-of thinking-that she views as crucial to creative production. At a time when intellectual discourse is becoming increasingly disciplinary, Braidotti opens a path for broad discussion and debate.
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