Feminist Interpretations of RenŽ DescartesSusan Bordo Contributors are Susan Bordo, Stanley Clarke, Erica Harth, Leslie Heywood, Luce Irigaray, Genevieve Lloyd, Mario Moussa, Eileen O'Neill, Adrianna Paliyenko, Ruth Perry, Mario S&áenz, Karl Stern, Thomas Wartenberg, and James Winders. |
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... described to Clerselier as a " dangerous " temptation , and that apparently did not continue as a sexual relationship . But Francine and Helene ap- pear to have spent some time with Descartes between 1637 and 1639 , a period that ...
... described to Clerselier as a " dangerous " temptation , and that apparently did not continue as a sexual relationship . But Francine and Helene ap- pear to have spent some time with Descartes between 1637 and 1639 , a period that ...
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... described ( as it was by scientists of the time ) as a “ masculinization " of thought . Genevieve Lloyd , in a selection from her groundbreaking The Man of Reason ( 1984 ) , explores the relationship of Descartes and gender in a ...
... described ( as it was by scientists of the time ) as a “ masculinization " of thought . Genevieve Lloyd , in a selection from her groundbreaking The Man of Reason ( 1984 ) , explores the relationship of Descartes and gender in a ...
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... described the mind / body distinction as essentially a master / slave distinction , establishing for the European philosopher that " the other folks have the bodies ... I am the mind . " Thus it is justified to treat those other folks ...
... described the mind / body distinction as essentially a master / slave distinction , establishing for the European philosopher that " the other folks have the bodies ... I am the mind . " Thus it is justified to treat those other folks ...
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... described as " reading philosophy as a woman ” —that is , read- ing philosophy for the gender themes and issues contained in it , even when ( or perhaps especially when ) they are not obvious . One does not have to be a woman to read ...
... described as " reading philosophy as a woman ” —that is , read- ing philosophy for the gender themes and issues contained in it , even when ( or perhaps especially when ) they are not obvious . One does not have to be a woman to read ...
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... described similar experiences ; one claimed that a botched abortion was responsible for her grandchild's webbed feet and hands . This claim was questioned by no one . When Donahue posed the question , " So - what is to be done about all ...
... described similar experiences ; one claimed that a botched abortion was responsible for her grandchild's webbed feet and hands . This claim was questioned by no one . When Donahue posed the question , " So - what is to be done about all ...
Contents
Descartes Karl Stern | 29 |
Selections from The Flight to Objectivity Susan Bordo | 48 |
Reason as Attainment Genevieve Lloyd | 70 |
Descartess Gender Stanley Clarke | 82 |
Gender and Other Trouble in the Meditations | 103 |
Wonder A Reading of Descartes The Passions of the Soul Luce Irigaray | 105 |
Writing Like a Man? Descartes Science and Madness James A Winders | 114 |
Postmodern Turns Against the Cartesian Subject Descartess I Lacans Other Adrianna M Paliyenko | 141 |
Cartesian Women Erica Harth | 213 |
Women Cartesians Feminine Philosophy and Historical Exclusion Eileen ONeill | 232 |
Cartesian Man | 259 |
When Descartes Met the Fitness Babe Academic Cartesianism and the Late TwentiethCentury Cult of the Body Leslie Heyivood | 261 |
Rehabilitating the I Susan Bordo and Mario Moussa | 280 |
Cartesian AutobiographyPostCartesian Testimonials Mario Saenz | 305 |
Select Bibliography on Descartes Cartesianism and Gender | 328 |
Contributors | 332 |
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