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15%OFF. Ed(S): Olkowski, Dorothea; Weiss, Gail - Feminist Interpretations of Maurice Merleau-Ponty - 9780271029184 - V9780271029184
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Feminist Interpretations of Maurice Merleau-Ponty

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Description for Feminist Interpretations of Maurice Merleau-Ponty Paperback. Editor(s): Olkowski, Dorothea; Weiss, Gail. Series: Re-Reading the Canon. Num Pages: 302 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 231 x 19. Weight in Grams: 514.

More than sixty years ago, Simone de Beauvoir identified the importance of Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s writings to feminist theory. His exploration of the relationship between the body and the space it inhabits is key to modern phenomenological thinking. But there has been little agreement on how Merleau-Ponty’s ideas ultimately have an impact on feminist philosophy. Does his emphasis on physical subjectivity lend a certain agency to all bodies, regardless of sex? Or do Merleau-Ponty’s specific descriptions of physical experience betray an intrinsic bias toward a male heterosexual point of view? The essays presented here by Olkowski and Weiss attempt to situate ... Read more

In addition to the editors, the contributors are Jorella Andrews, David Brubaker, Judith Butler, Laura Doyle, Helen Fielding, Vicki Kirby, Sonia Kruks, Ann Murphy, Johanna Oksala, and Beata Stawarska.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
Series
Re-Reading the Canon
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania, United States
ISBN
9780271029184
SKU
V9780271029184
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1

About . Ed(S): Olkowski, Dorothea; Weiss, Gail
Dorothea Olkowski is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. Gail Weiss is Director of the Human Sciences Program and Associate Professor of Philosophy at The George Washington University.

Reviews for Feminist Interpretations of Maurice Merleau-Ponty
“This work is an important addition for specialists, but not geared to undergraduates.” —A. B. Curry Choice “Through many original and a few reprinted pieces, this collection demonstrates that there still remains much to explore and develop with and against Merleau-Ponty’s corpus. Feminist Interpretations of Merleau-Ponty definitely provides much to think about and demonstrates, as Weiss writes, ‘new ways ... Read more

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