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Birth, Death, and Femininity

Philosophies of Embodiment

Robin May Schott editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Indiana University Press

Published:25th Oct '10

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Challenges gendered views of birth and death

Issues surrounding birth and death have been fundamental for Western philosophy as well as for individual existence. The contributors to this volume unravel the gendered aspects of the classical philosophical discourses on death, bringing in discussions about birth, creativity, and the entire chain of human activity. By linking their work to major thinkers such as Heidegger, Nietzsche, Beauvoir, and Arendt, and to major philosophical currents such as ancient philosophy, existentialism, phenomenology, and social and political philosophy, they challenge prevailing feminist articulations of birth and death. These philosophical reflections add an important sexual dimension to current thinking on identity, temporality, and community.

"For feminist scholars across the disciplines." -Debra Bergoffen, George Mason University "I know of no other philosophical work that relates birth and death with sustained, in-depth treatment and connects them to the work of major philosophers." -Claudia Card, University of Wisconsin-Madison

ISBN: 9780253222374

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm

Weight: 431g

280 pages