Imaginary bodies : ethics, power, and corporeality /

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Moira Gatens investigates the ways in which differently sexed bodies can occupy the same social or political space. 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 destroy...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gatens, Moira
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 1996.
Subjects:
Feminist theory.
Human body > Social aspects.
Sex differences > Philosophy.
Théorie féministe.
Corps humain > Aspect social.
Différences entre sexes > Philosophie.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Feminist theory
Human body > Social aspects
Sex differences > Philosophy
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. A critique of the sex/gender distinction
  • 2. Corporeal representation in/and the body politic
  • 3. Woman and her double(s) : sex, gender and ethics
  • 4. Towards a feminist philosophy of the body
  • 5. Power, bodies and difference
  • 6. Contracting sex : essence, genealogy, desire
  • 7. Embodiment, ethics and difference
  • 8. Spinoza, law and responsibility
  • 9. Power, ethics and sexual imaginaries.

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