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Our amorous and erotic experiences do not simply bring us pleasure;
they shape our very identities, our ways of relating to ourselves,
each other and our shared world. This volume challenges some of our
most prevalent assumptions relating to identity, the body,
monogamy, libido, sexual identity, seduction, fidelity, orgasm, and
more. In twelve original and philosophically thought-provoking
essays, the authors reflect on the broader meanings of love and
sex: what their shifting historical meanings entail for us in the
present; how they are constrained by social conventions; the
ambiguous juxtaposition of agency and passivity that they reveal;
how they shape and are formed by political institutions; the
opportunities they present to resist the confines of gender and
sexual orientation; how cultural artefacts can become incorporated
into the body; and how love and sex both form and justify our
ethical world views. Ideal for students both in philosophy and
gender studies, this highly readable book takes us to the very
heart of two of the most important dimensions of human experience
and meaning-making: to the seductive and alluring, confusing and
frustrating, realms of love and sex.
Our amorous and erotic experiences do not simply bring us pleasure;
they shape our very identities, our ways of relating to ourselves,
each other and our shared world. This volume challenges some of our
most prevalent assumptions relating to identity, the body,
monogamy, libido, sexual identity, seduction, fidelity, orgasm, and
more. In twelve original and philosophically thought-provoking
essays, the authors reflect on the broader meanings of love and
sex: what their shifting historical meanings entail for us in the
present; how they are constrained by social conventions; the
ambiguous juxtaposition of agency and passivity that they reveal;
how they shape and are formed by political institutions; the
opportunities they present to resist the confines of gender and
sexual orientation; how cultural artefacts can become incorporated
into the body; and how love and sex both form and justify our
ethical world views. Ideal for students both in philosophy and
gender studies, this highly readable book takes us to the very
heart of two of the most important dimensions of human experience
and meaning-making: to the seductive and alluring, confusing and
frustrating, realms of love and sex.
Coming to Life: Philosophies of Pregnancy, Childbirth and Mothering
is a superlative collection of essays that does what too few
scholarly works have dared: it takes seriously the philosophical
significance of women's lived experience. Every woman, regardless
of her own reproductive story, is touched by the often restrictive
beliefs and norms governing discourses about pregnancy, childbirth
and mothering. Thus the concerns of this anthology are relevant to
all women and central to any philosophical project that takes
women's lives seriously. In this volume 16 authors- including both
established feminists and some of today's most innovative new
scholars- engage in sustained reflection on the experiences of
pregnancy, childbirth and mothering, and on the beliefs, customs,
and political institutions by which those experiences are informed.
Many of the topics in this collection, though familiar, are here
taken up in a new way: contributors think beyond the traditional
pro-choice/pro-life dichotomy, speak to the manifold nature of
mothering by considering the experiences of adoptive mothers and
birthmothers, and upend the belief that childrearing practices must
be uniform despite psycho-sexual differences in children. Many
chapters reveal the radical shortcomings of conventional
philosophical wisdom by placing trenchant assumptions about
subjectivity, gender, power and virtue in dialogue with women's
experience. The volume is diverse both in its content and in its
scholarly approach; certain of the essays are informed by their
authors' own experiences, others draw from extant narratives; many
engage such canonical thinkers as Plato, Aristotle, Nietzsche and
Heidegger, while others draw from the works of contemporary
feminists including Sara Ruddick, Iris Marion Young, Virginia Held,
Julia Kristeva and Luce Irigaray. All readers, regardless of their
philosophical training and commitments, will find much to
appreciate in this volume.
Coming to Life: Philosophies of Pregnancy, Childbirth and Mothering
is a superlative collection of essays that does what too few
scholarly works have dared: it takes seriously the philosophical
significance of women's lived experience. Every woman, regardless
of her own reproductive story, is touched by the often restrictive
beliefs and norms governing discourses about pregnancy, childbirth
and mothering. Thus the concerns of this anthology are relevant to
all women and central to any philosophical project that takes
women's lives seriously. In this volume 16 authors- including both
established feminists and some of today's most innovative new
scholars- engage in sustained reflection on the experiences of
pregnancy, childbirth and mothering, and on the beliefs, customs,
and political institutions by which those experiences are informed.
Many of the topics in this collection, though familiar, are here
taken up in a new way: contributors think beyond the traditional
pro-choice/pro-life dichotomy, speak to the manifold nature of
mothering by considering the experiences of adoptive mothers and
birthmothers, and upend the belief that childrearing practices must
be uniform despite psycho-sexual differences in children. Many
chapters reveal the radical shortcomings of conventional
philosophical wisdom by placing trenchant assumptions about
subjectivity, gender, power and virtue in dialogue with women's
experience. The volume is diverse both in its content and in its
scholarly approach; certain of the essays are informed by their
authors' own experiences, others draw from extant narratives; many
engage such canonical thinkers as Plato, Aristotle, Nietzsche and
Heidegger, while others draw from the works of contemporary
feminists including Sara Ruddick, Iris Marion Young, Virginia Held,
Julia Kristeva and Luce Irigaray. All readers, regardless of their
philosophical training and commitments, will find much to
appreciate in this volume.
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