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16The primacy of narrative agency: Re-reading Seyla Benhabib on narrativityFeminist Theory 19 (2): 123-143. 2018.The central claim of this article is that narrative agency, which I will define as a subject’s capacity to make sense of herself as an ‘I’ over time and in relation to other ‘I’s, is a precondition for identity formation. I engage with two critiques of this claim: first, that narrative agency is limited by, rather than primary to, subordinating gender norms and, second, that a view of narrative agency as primary is committed to too ambitious a conception of the communicability of narratives. I a…Read more
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58Loneliness and appearance: Toward a concept of ontological agencyEuropean Journal of Philosophy 27 (3): 709-722. 2019.European Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.
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11The Genius of Feminism: Cavellian Moral Perfectionism and Feminist Political TheorySage Journals. forthcoming.Philosophy & Social Criticism, Ahead of Print. Work on Stanley Cavell in contemporary political theory tends to foreground Cavell’s reading of Emersonian moral perfectionism, but this aspect of Cavell’s thought is often left out of feminist readings of his work. In this paper, I give an overview of Cavell’s importance to political theory, and I also trace two Cavellian-inspired feminisms: Sandra Laugier’s ordinary language inflected ethics of care and Toril Moi’s understanding of feminist theory…Read more
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15The Genius of Feminism: Cavellian Moral Perfectionism and Feminist Political TheorySage Publications Ltd: Philosophy and Social Criticism. forthcoming.Philosophy & Social Criticism, Ahead of Print. Work on Stanley Cavell in contemporary political theory tends to foreground Cavell’s reading of Emersonian moral perfectionism, but this aspect of Cavell’s thought is often left out of feminist readings of his work. In this paper, I give an overview of Cavell’s importance to political theory, and I also trace two Cavellian-inspired feminisms: Sandra Laugier’s ordinary language inflected ethics of care and Toril Moi’s understanding of feminist theory…Read more
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12The Genius of Feminism: Cavellian Moral Perfectionism and Feminist Political TheoryPhilosophy and Social Criticism. forthcoming.Work on Stanley Cavell in contemporary political theory tends to foreground Cavell’s reading of Emersonian moral perfectionism, but this aspect of Cavell’s thought is often left out of feminist rea...
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46Dancing feminist conversations: Never without materialityContemporary Political Theory 17 (2): 241-249. 2018.
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