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216Beyond misogyny and metaphor: Women in Nietzsche's middle periodJournal of the History of Philosophy 34 (2): 233-256. 1996.This article proposes a third way of reading Nietzsche's remarks on women, one that goes beyond misogyny and metaphor. Taking the depiction of women in the works of the middle period at face value shows that these works neither entirely demean women nor exclude them from the higher life. Nietzsche's middle period comprises HAH (1879-80, which includes "Assorted Opinions and Maxims" and "The Wanderer and His Shadow"), D (1881) and GS (1882). The works of this period do not disqualify women from f…Read more
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205Pluralism in practice: the political thought of Charles TaylorCritical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy 5 (3): 98-123. 2002.This review article outlines some of the major contributions made to political theory by Charles Taylor. It focuses on his relationship to liberalism, his contribution to the understanding of democracy and his analysis of the politics of recognition. Several lines of critique of Taylor's thought on these issues are also explored. Some reflections on Taylor's style of theorising about politics are offered, and the question of whether he is a conservative or critical theorist is examined
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112The Impossibility of Perfection: Aristotle, Feminism, and the Complexities of Ethics, by Michael Slote (review)Mind 121 (482): 529-532. 2012.
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University of Notre DameRegular Faculty
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Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America
Areas of Interest
| Social and Political Philosophy |
| Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality |