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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... possible without the collaboration of Jill Norton and Linda Wheeler . Jill , who compiled the bibiography for the collection , also did research for the Introduction , research that was invaluable in bringing me up to speed on recent ...
... possible without the collaboration of Jill Norton and Linda Wheeler . Jill , who compiled the bibiography for the collection , also did research for the Introduction , research that was invaluable in bringing me up to speed on recent ...
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... possible because the Meditations do indeed contain contradictory strains . A spiritual journey , a deliberate descent into epistemological madness , a relinquishing of con- trol and clarity , an encounter with the interior stream of ...
... possible because the Meditations do indeed contain contradictory strains . A spiritual journey , a deliberate descent into epistemological madness , a relinquishing of con- trol and clarity , an encounter with the interior stream of ...
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... possible consequences of those differences for the way that men and women experience and reason about the world . This work has been used , misused , and abused in a variety of ways — from providing the inspiration for brilliant new ...
... possible consequences of those differences for the way that men and women experience and reason about the world . This work has been used , misused , and abused in a variety of ways — from providing the inspiration for brilliant new ...
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... possible . " And on television talk shows , " emotional logic " doesn't merely count , it utterly rules the day . In 1988 , I had my first fantasy about the return of the Cartesian Man . I was soaking in a hot bath and watching the ...
... possible . " And on television talk shows , " emotional logic " doesn't merely count , it utterly rules the day . In 1988 , I had my first fantasy about the return of the Cartesian Man . I was soaking in a hot bath and watching the ...
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... possible for them to see the reason in his arguments . And why would he ( I'm afraid he was a " he " ; fantasies are rarely politically correct ) be at the Donahue show to begin with rather than across town at the APA , listen- ing to a ...
... possible for them to see the reason in his arguments . And why would he ( I'm afraid he was a " he " ; fantasies are rarely politically correct ) be at the Donahue show to begin with rather than across town at the APA , listen- ing to a ...
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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