Feminist interpretations of Martin Heidegger / edited by Nancy J. Holland and Patricia Huntington.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Holland, Nancy J.

Huntington, Patricia J.

Series:

Re-reading the canon

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Heidegger, Martin, 1889-1976.

Heidegger, Martin.

Feminist theory.

Physical Description:

xvi, 399 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2001]

Summary:

Martin Heidegger's idea that Dasein (human existence) is ultimately gender neutral, as well as several other major aspects of his thought, raises significant questions for feminist philosophers. The fourteen essays included in this volume clearly illustrate the ways in which feminist readings can deepen our understanding of his philosophy. They illuminate both the richness and the limitations of the resources his work can provide for feminist thought.

This volume engages the full scope of Heidegger's writings from Being and Time through his latest work, from his readings of the ancient Greek poets to his critique of modern technology. At the same time, it reflects a wide range of contemporary feminist concerns: the significance of gender difference; the role of the body in philosophical thought; the relationship between philosophy and the natural world, and between philosophy and the domestic realm; and the aspiration to move forward into a new, more just, political world.

Included in this volume are important new (or newly translated) essays by Ellen Armour, Carol Bigwood, Jack Caputo, Tina Chanter, Trish Glazebrook, Jennifer Gosetti, Luce Irigaray, Dorothy Leland, Mechthild Nagel, Gail Stenstad, and the editors -- as well as a valuable historical and theoretical Introduction by Patricia Huntington, the first of Jacques Derrida's "Geschlecht" articles, and an important 1997 essay by Iris Marion Young.

Contents:

Introduction I General Background History of the Feminist Reception of Heidegger and a Guide to Heidegger's Thought / Patricia Huntington 1

Introduction II Specific Contributions Feminists Read Heidegger / Nancy J. Holland 43

Part I The Gender of Dasein

1 Geschlecht: Sexual Difference, Ontological Difference / Jacques Derrida 53

2 The Problematic Normative Assumptions of Heidegger's Ontology / Tina Chanter 73

3 Conflictual Culture and Authenticity: Deepening Heidegger's Account of the Social / Dorothy Leland 109

4 "The Universe Is Made of Stories, Not of Atoms": Heidegger and the Feminine They-Self / Nancy J. Holland 128

Part II Poetics and the Body

5 The Absence of Monica: Heidegger, Derrida, and Augustine's Confessions / John D. Caputo 149

6 Sappho: The She-Greek Heidegger Forgot / Carol Bigwood 165

7 Feminine Figures in Heidegger's Theory of Poetic Language / Jennifer Anna Gosetti 196

Part III Ethics, Home, and Play

8 Heidegger and Ecofeminism / Trish Glazebrook 221

9 House and Home: Feminist Variations on a Theme / Iris Marion Young 252

10 Thrownness, Playing-in-the-World, and the Question of Authenticity / Mechthild Nagel 289

Part IV Thinking, Spirit, Moving Forward

11 From The Forgetting of Air to To Be Two / Luce Irigaray, Translated by Heidi Bostic, Stephen Pluhacek 309

12 "Through Flame or Ashes": Traces of Difference in Geist's Return / Ellen T. Armour 316

13 Revolutionary Thinking / Gail Stenstad 334

14 Stealing the Fire of Creativity: Heidegger's Challenge to Intellectuals / Patricia Huntington 351.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [381]-388) and index.

ISBN:

0271021543

0271021551

OCLC:

46472097