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An Aristotelian Feminism (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016)
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An Aristotelian Feminism (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016)
Series: Historical-Analytical Studies on Nature, Mind and Action, 1
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This book articulates the theoretical outlines of a feminism
developed from Aristotle's metaphysics, making a new contribution
to feminist theory. Readers will discover why Aristotle was not a
feminist and how he might have become one, through an investigation
of Aristotle and Aristotelian tradition. The author shows how
Aristotle's metaphysics can be used to articulate a particularly
subtle and theoretically powerful understanding of gender that may
offer a highly useful tool for distinctively feminist arguments.
This work builds on Martha Nussbaum's 'capabilities approach' in a
more explicitly and thoroughly hylomorphist way. The author shows
how Aristotle's hylomorphic model, developed to run between the
extremes of Platonic dualism and Democritean atomism, can similarly
be used today to articulate a view of gender that takes bodily
differences seriously without reducing gender to biological
determinations. Although written for theorists, this scholarly yet
accessible book can be used to address more practical issues and
the final chapter explores women in universities as one example.
This book will appeal to both feminists with limited familiarity
with Aristotle's philosophy, and scholars of Aristotle with limited
familiarity with feminism.
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