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19In this paper, I tried to bring two domains of thought together, namely postcolonial theory and feminist theory, by doing a comparative analysis of the concept of mimicry in the works of Homi K. Bhabha and Luce Irigaray
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15In this paper, I tried to analyze a couple of Kristeva's ideas and concepts. I tried to engage myself in the debate on whether Kristeva's semiotic politics could be seen as subversive enough to be feminist. I have claimed that some of her basic concepts can be read in a feminist manner, nonetheless Kristeva's oeuvre is packed with all sorts of ambiguities and ambivalences, which makes it hard to define her position towards feminism. At the end of this paper, I also try to supplement Irigaray's c…Read more
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16Book review of Auestad's Respect, Plurality, and Prejudice (2015)
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9In this paper, two theories of feminist liberalism (Okin and Nussbaum) are evaluated from a multicultural-feminist perspective. This paper argues that Ayelet Shachar's multicultural feminism offers us a better theoretical philosophical model to cope with gender and multicultural issues than feminist comprehensive liberalism and political liberalism do.
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14In this paper, I evaluate Elizabeth Grosz's corporeal feminism and ontology of sexual difference(s) by moving through her Derridean and Irigarayian conceptual heritage.
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20In this paper, I looked into the debate between feminism and multiculturalism via the works of Susan Moller Okin, Will Kymlicka and Martha C. Nussbaum. After analyzing Susan Okin's position in "Is Multiculturalism Bad For Women?", I tried to locate Okin's problematic stance towards multiculturalism in her specific form of feminist comprehensive liberalism, whilst defending Nussbaum's less problematic version of political liberalism.
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31Ancient notions of gender identity - Holmes gender. Antiquity and its legacy. Pp. 213. London and new York: I.B. Tauris, 2012. Paper, £12.99 . Isbn: 978-1-84511-929-4 (review)The Classical Review 64 (1): 289-291. 2014.
Evelien Geerts
University of Birmingham
Posthumanities Hub
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Posthumanities HubVisiting scholar
University of California, Santa Cruz
PhD, 2019
Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Areas of Specialization
Critical Theory |
Social and Political Philosophy |
Feminist Philosophy |