Feminist Interpretations of Immanuel Kant - Brossura

Schott, Robin May

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ISBN 10: 0271030070 ISBN 13: 9780271030074

Casa editrice: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1997

Riassunto

Because of his misogyny and disdain for the body, Kant has been a target of much feminist criticism. Moreover, as the epitome of eighteenth-century Enlightenment philosophy, his thought has been a focal point for feminist debate over the Enlightenment legacy—whether its conceptions of reason and progress offer tools for women's emancipation and empowerment or, rather, have contributed to the historical subordination of women in Western society.

This volume presents radically divergent interpretations of Kant from feminist perspectives. Some essays see Kant as having contributed significantly to theories of rationality and autonomy in ways that can further feminist projects. Other essays argue that Kant is a preeminent exponent of patriarchal views and that gender hierarchies are inscribed in the very structure of his theories of morality and aesthetic judgment. But both critics and sympathizers challenge the accepted topography of Kantian philosophy by which central philosophical concerns are defined as those that are abstract, universal, and transcendental. Instead, these feminist writers resituate Kantian questions in the politics of everyday life and emphasize the embodied nature of knowledge, morality, and aesthetics. They analyze dilemmas that face concrete subjects, involving issues of friendship, collective responsibility, xenophobia, and colonialism, among others.

Contributors are Annette C. Baier, Marcia Baron, Monique David-Ménard, Kim Hall, Cornelia Klinger, Jane Kneller, Sarah Kofman, Marcia Moen, Herta Nagl-Docekal, Adrian M. S. Piper, Jean P. Rumsey, Robin May Schott, Hannelore Schröder, Sally Sedgwick, and Holly L. Wilson.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Robin May Schott is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Copenhagen and the author ofCognition and Eros: A Critique of the Kantian Paradigm (paperback edition, Penn State, 1993).

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Su questa edizione

• Editore: Pennsylvania State University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0271030070
• ISBN 13: 9780271030074
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 440