Much of the history of Western ethical thought has revolved around
debates about what constitutes a good life, and claims that a good
life is achievable only by certain human beings. In Feminist
Philosophies of Life, feminist, new materialist, posthumanist, and
ecofeminist philosophers challenge this tendency, approaching the
question of life from alternative perspectives. Signalling the
importance of distinctively feminist reflections on matters of
shared concern, Feminist Philosophies of Life not only exposes the
propensity of discourses to normalize and exclude differently
abled, racialized, feminized, and gender nonconforming people, it
also asks questions about how life is constituted and understood
without limiting itself to the human. A collection of articles that
focuses on life as an organizing principle for ontology, ethics,
and politics, chapters of this study respond to feminist thinkers
such as Gloria Anzaldua, Judith Butler, Adriana Cavarero, Simone de
Beauvoir, Luce Irigaray, and Soren Kierkegaard. Divided into three
parts, the book debates the question of life in and against the
emerging school of new feminist materialism, provides feminist
phenomenological and existentialist accounts of life, and focuses
on lives marked by a particular precarity such as disability or
incarceration, as well as life in the face of a changing climate.
Calling for a broader account of lived experience, Feminist
Philosophies of Life contains persuasive, original, and diverse
analyses that address some of the most crucial feminist issues.
Contributors include Christine Daigle (Brock University), Shannon
Dea (University of Waterloo), Lindsay Eales (University of
Alberta), Elizabeth Grosz (Duke University), Lisa Guenther
(Vanderbilt University), Lynne Huffer (Emory University), Ada
Jaarsma (Mount Royal University), Stephanie Jenkins (Oregon State
University), Ladelle McWhorter (University of Richmond), Jane
Barter Moulaison (University of Winnipeg), Astrida Neimanis
(University of Sydney), Danielle Peers (University of Alberta),
Stephen Seely (Rutgers University), Hasana Sharp (McGill
University), Chloe Taylor (University of Alberta), Florentien
Verhage (Washington and Lee University), Rachel Loewen Walker (Out
Saskatoon), and Cynthia Willett (Emory University).
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