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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... fact that the philosophers are all men . Though women are omitted from the canons of philosophy , these texts inscribe the nature of woman . Sometimes the philosopher speaks directly about woman , delineating her proper role , her ...
... fact that the philosophers are all men . Though women are omitted from the canons of philosophy , these texts inscribe the nature of woman . Sometimes the philosopher speaks directly about woman , delineating her proper role , her ...
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... fact has often been neglected by those studying the traditions of philosophy . Given the history of canon formation in Western philosophy , the perspective most likely to be privileged is that of upper - class white males . Thus , to be ...
... fact has often been neglected by those studying the traditions of philosophy . Given the history of canon formation in Western philosophy , the perspective most likely to be privileged is that of upper - class white males . Thus , to be ...
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... fact the very opposite of these charges seems to have been true . Biographers describe the relationship with Francine as the most intimate and loving in Descartes's otherwise emotionally soli- tary , even misanthropic , life ; when she ...
... fact the very opposite of these charges seems to have been true . Biographers describe the relationship with Francine as the most intimate and loving in Descartes's otherwise emotionally soli- tary , even misanthropic , life ; when she ...
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... fact that the Francine doll was female may have added a dimension of prurience or sensationalism to their propaganda , but it had no philosophical importance . Some contemporary feminist antidualists , in an epistemological critique ...
... fact that the Francine doll was female may have added a dimension of prurience or sensationalism to their propaganda , but it had no philosophical importance . Some contemporary feminist antidualists , in an epistemological critique ...
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... fact , some of the most interesting scholarly work of the twentieth century has explored recessive ideas in texts that have been dominantly interpreted otherwise , ideas that rub against the grain of traditional interpretations , and ...
... fact , some of the most interesting scholarly work of the twentieth century has explored recessive ideas in texts that have been dominantly interpreted otherwise , ideas that rub against the grain of traditional interpretations , and ...
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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