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138Kierkegaard and the Feminine SelfHypatia 9 (4): 131-157. 1994.Kierkegaard shows two contrary attitudes to woman and the feminine: misogyny and celebration. The Kierkegaardian structure of selfhood, because combined with a hierarchical assumption about the relative value of certain human characteristics, and their identification as male or female, argues that woman is a lesser self. Consequently, the claim that the Kierkegaardian ideal of selfhood is androgynist is rejected, though it is the latter assumptions alone that force this conclusion.
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7On HabermasWadsworth. 2000.This brief text assists students in understanding Habermas's philosophy and thinking so that they can more fully engage in useful, intelligent class dialogue and improve their understanding of course content. Part of the "Wadsworth Philosophers Series," (which will eventually consist of approximately 100 titles, each focusing on a single "thinker" from ancient times to the present), ON HABERMAS is written by a philosopher deeply versed in the philosophy of this key thinker. Like other books in t…Read more
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9Book review: Nancy R. Howell. A feminist cosmology: Ecology, solidarity, and metaphysics. Amherst: Humanity books, 2000 (review)Hypatia 20 (1): 212-214. 2005.
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108Self and pretence: Playing with identityJournal of Social Philosophy 39 (4): 564-582. 2008.This paper considers the importance of play as a conventional space for hypothetical self-expression and self-trial, its importance for determination of identity, and for development of self-possibilities. Expanding such possibilities in play enables challenging of socially entrenched assumptions concerning possible and appropriate identities. Discussion is extended to the contexts of gender performance (drag) and sport-play. It is argued that play proceeds on the basis of a fundamental prete…Read more
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Areas of Interest
The Self |
Practical Identity |
Existentialism |
19th Century Philosophy |
Philosophy of Sport |