The Seduction of the Female Body: Women's Rights in Need of a New Body Politics

ISBN-13: 9781349440573 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 191 str.

Eva De Clercq

Opis

Drawing on the ambiguous meaning of the notion of vulnerability, the book offers an innovative approach to the topic of the female body in relation to women's rights; going beyond the age-old dichotomy of casting women as either passive victims or conscious agents.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements Introduction Feminism: A Trouble Spot The Adventures of the Body The Problem of Human Vulnerability Bodily Uniqueness and Symbolization Contemporary Society and its Body Politics Bibliography Index

O autorze

EVA DE CLERCQ is affiliated with the University of Pisa, Italy and she is Lecturer of Philosophy at the Lorenzo de' Medici Institute in Florence. She is part of the editorial team of Teoria. Rivista di Filosofia fondata di Vittorio Sainati.