Imaginary bodies : ethics, power and corporeality / Moira Gatens.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gatens, Moira.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminist theory.

Human body--Social aspects.

Human body.

Sex differences--Philosophy.

Sex differences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (182 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Moira Gatens investigates the ways in which differently sexed bodies can occupy the same social or political space. Representations of sexual difference have unacknowledged philosophical roots which cannot be dismissed as a superficial bias on the part of the philosopher, nor removed without destroying the coherence of the philosophical system concerned. The deep structural bias against women extends beyond metaphysics and its effects are felt in epistemology, moral, social and political theory. The idea of sexual difference is contextualised in Imaginary Bodies and traced through

Contents:

Imaginary bodies Ethics, power and corporeality; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I; 1 A critique of the sex/gender distinction; 2 Corporeal representation in/and the body politic; 3 Woman and her double(s): sex, gender and ethics; Part II; 4 Towards a feminist philosophy of the body; 5 Power, bodies and difference; 6 Contracting sex: essence, genealogy, desire; Part III; 7 Embodiment, ethics and difference; 8 Spinoza, law and responsibility; 9 Power, ethics and sexual imaginaries; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [151]-158) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-89162-8

1-134-89163-6

1-280-32129-6

0-203-41865-4

0-203-30915-4

9780203418659

OCLC:

52087218