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Ruth Abbey

University of Notre DameSwinburne University of Technology
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  • University of Notre Dame
    Regular Faculty
  • Swinburne University of Technology
    Department of Social Sciences
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Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America
Areas of Interest
Social and Political Philosophy
Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality
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  • Introduction: timely meditations in an untimely mode—the thought of Charles Taylor
    In Charles Taylor, Routledge. pp. 1--28. 2015.
    Political Theory
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    Back to the Future: Marriage as Friendship in the Thought of Mary Wollstonecraft
    Hypatia 14 (3): 78-95. 1999.
    If liberal theory is to move forward, it must take the political nature of family relations seriously. The beginnings of such a liberalism appear in Mary Wollstonecraft's work. Wollstonecraft's depiction of the family as a fundamentally political institution extends liberal values into the private sphere by promoting the ideal of marriage as friendship. However, while her model of marriage diminishes arbitrary power in family relations, she seems unable to incorporate enduring sexual relations b…Read more
    If liberal theory is to move forward, it must take the political nature of family relations seriously. The beginnings of such a liberalism appear in Mary Wollstonecraft's work. Wollstonecraft's depiction of the family as a fundamentally political institution extends liberal values into the private sphere by promoting the ideal of marriage as friendship. However, while her model of marriage diminishes arbitrary power in family relations, she seems unable to incorporate enduring sexual relations between married partners.
    History: Feminist PhilosophyRelationships and MarriageFriendshipFeminism: Marriage and Civil UnionsM…Read more
    History: Feminist PhilosophyRelationships and MarriageFriendshipFeminism: Marriage and Civil UnionsMary WollstonecraftFeminism: Friendship
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    The Roots of Ressentiment
    New Nietzsche Studies 3 (3-4): 47-61. 1999.
    Despite its centrality for an understanding of Nietzsche's thought, the term ressentiment does not appear in his writings before Beyond Good and Evil. This article argues that the roots of the idea of ressentiment appear in his middle period writings when he discusses vanity [die Eitelkeit].
    Friedrich NietzscheNietzsche: Social and Political PhilosophyNietzsche: Character and Virtue Ethics
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    Sue Donaldson and Will Kymlicka, Zoopolis: A Political Theory of Animal Rights. Reviewed by (review)
    Philosophy in Review 33 (6): 446-448. 2013.
    Animal Rights
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