On the feminist philosophy of Gillian Howie : materialism and mortality / edited by Victoria Browne and Daniel Whistler.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Browne, Victoria, editor.

Whistler, Daniel, 1982- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Howie, Gillian.

Feminist theory.

Materialism.

Mortality.

Critical theory.

Death.

Physical Description:

xii, 286 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2016.

Summary:

Over three decades, Gillian Howie wrote at the forefront of philosophy and critical theory, before her untimely death in 2013. This interdisciplinary collection uses her writings to explore the productive, yet often resistant, interrelationship between feminism and critical theory, examining the potential of Howie's particular form of materialism. The contributors also bring to this debate a serious engagement with Howie's late turn towards philosophies of mortality, therapy and 'living with dying'. The volume considers how differently embodied subjects are positioned within public institutions, discourses and spaces, and the role of philosophy, art, film, photography, and literature, in facing situations such as sexual oppression and life-limiting illness.

Contents:

Part 1 Feminism, Materialism, Critical Theory

1 When Feminist Philosophy Met Critical Theory. Gillian Howie's Historical Materialism / Stella Sandjord Sandjord, Stella 21

2 Feminist Knowledge and Feminist Politics: Reflections on Howie and Late Feminism / Kimberly Hutchings Hutchings, Kimberly 43

3 Between Negative Dialectics and Sexual Difference: Generative Conjunctures in the Thinking of Gillian Howie / Joanna Hodge Hodge, Joanna 59

4 Scholarly Time and Feminist Time: Gillian Howie on Education and Intellectual Inheritance / Victoria Browne Browne, Victoria 81

5 The Cloistered Imaginary / Daniel Whistler Whistler, Daniel 103

Part 2 Living with Dying

6 How to Think about Death: Living with Dying / Gillian Howie Howie, Gillian 131

7 Gillian Howie's Situated Philosophy: Theorizing Living and Dying In Situation' / Christine Battersby Battersby, Christine 145

8 The Relationality of Death / Alison Stone Stone, Alison 165

9 Reflections on Living up to Death / Morny Joy Joy, Morny 181

10 Learning to Die, Finally / Claire Colebrook Colebrook, Claire 197

11 'What the Living Do': Poetry's Death and Dying / Deryn Rees-Jones Rees-Jones, Deryn 215

12 Cancer Sucks: Photography and the Representation of Chronic Illness / Nedim Hassan Hassan, Nedim 229

13 Movie-making as Palliative Care / Amy Hardie Hardie, Amy 247

14 Experience and Performance whilst Living with Disability and Dying: Disability Art as a Pathway to Flourishing / Janet Price Price, Janet, Ruth Gould Gould, Ruth 267.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: On the feminist philosophy of Gillian Howie.

ISBN:

9781474254120

1474254128

OCLC:

953363367

Publisher Number:

99969860901