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Despite several decades of feminist activism and scholarship,
women's bodies continue to be sites of control and contention both
materially and symbolically. Issues such as reproductive
technologies, sexual violence, objectification, motherhood, and sex
trafficking, among others, constitute ongoing, pressing concerns
for women's bodies in our contemporary milieu, arguably exacerbated
in a neoliberal world where bodies are instrumentalized as sites of
human capital. This book engages with these themes by building on
the strong tradition of feminist thought focused on women's bodies,
and by making novel contributions that reflect feminists'
concerns-both theoretically and empirically-about gender and
embodiment in the present context and beyond. The collection brings
together essays from a variety of feminist scholars who deploy
diverse theoretical approaches, including phenomenology,
pragmatism, and new materialisms, in order to examine
philosophically the question of the current status of gendered
bodies through cutting-edge feminist theory.
This is the first book to bring a philosophical lens to issues of
socio-political and cultural importance in twenty-first century
Ireland. While the social, political, and economic landscape of
contemporary Ireland has inspired extensive scholarly debate both
within and well beyond the field of Irish Studies, there is a
distinct lack of philosophical voices in these discussions. The aim
of this volume is to enrich the fields of Philosophy and Irish
Studies by encouraging a manifestly philosophical exploration of
contemporary issues and concerns. The essays in this volume
collectively address diverse philosophical questions on
contemporary Ireland by exploring a variety of themes, including:
diaspora, exile, return; women's bodies and autonomy; historic
injustices and national healing; remembering and commemoration;
institutionalization and containment; colonialism and Ireland as
"home"; conflict and violence; Northern Ireland and the peace
process; nationalism, patriotism, and masculinities; ethnicity,
immigration, and identity; and translation, art and culture.
Philosophical Perspectives on Contemporary Ireland marks a
significant contribution to contemporary theorizations of Ireland
by incorporating both Irish and transatlantic perspectives. It will
appeal to a broad audience of scholars and advanced students
working in philosophy, Irish Studies, feminist theory, history,
legal studies, and literary theory. Beyond academia, it will also
engage those interested in contemporary Ireland from policy and
civil society perspectives.
This is the first book to bring a philosophical lens to issues of
socio-political and cultural importance in twenty-first century
Ireland. While the social, political, and economic landscape of
contemporary Ireland has inspired extensive scholarly debate both
within and well beyond the field of Irish Studies, there is a
distinct lack of philosophical voices in these discussions. The aim
of this volume is to enrich the fields of Philosophy and Irish
Studies by encouraging a manifestly philosophical exploration of
contemporary issues and concerns. The essays in this volume
collectively address diverse philosophical questions on
contemporary Ireland by exploring a variety of themes, including:
diaspora, exile, return; women's bodies and autonomy; historic
injustices and national healing; remembering and commemoration;
institutionalization and containment; colonialism and Ireland as
"home"; conflict and violence; Northern Ireland and the peace
process; nationalism, patriotism, and masculinities; ethnicity,
immigration, and identity; and translation, art and culture.
Philosophical Perspectives on Contemporary Ireland marks a
significant contribution to contemporary theorizations of Ireland
by incorporating both Irish and transatlantic perspectives. It will
appeal to a broad audience of scholars and advanced students
working in philosophy, Irish Studies, feminist theory, history,
legal studies, and literary theory. Beyond academia, it will also
engage those interested in contemporary Ireland from policy and
civil society perspectives.
Despite several decades of feminist activism and scholarship,
women's bodies continue to be sites of control and contention both
materially and symbolically. Issues such as reproductive
technologies, sexual violence, objectification, motherhood, and sex
trafficking, among others, constitute ongoing, pressing concerns
for women's bodies in our contemporary milieu, arguably exacerbated
in a neoliberal world where bodies are instrumentalized as sites of
human capital. This book engages with these themes by building on
the strong tradition of feminist thought focused on women's bodies,
and by making novel contributions that reflect feminists'
concerns-both theoretically and empirically-about gender and
embodiment in the present context and beyond. The collection brings
together essays from a variety of feminist scholars who deploy
diverse theoretical approaches, including phenomenology,
pragmatism, and new materialisms, in order to examine
philosophically the question of the current status of gendered
bodies through cutting-edge feminist theory.
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