
Women's Liberation and the Sublime
Feminism, Postmodernism, Environment
Bonnie Mann(Author)
Oxford University Press Inc
Published on 26. October 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
216 pages
978-0-19-518746-5 (ISBN)
Description
Womens Liberation and the Sublime is a passionate report on the state of feminist thinking and practice after the linguistic turn. A critical assessment of masculinist notions of the sublime in modern and postmodern accounts grounds the author's positive and constructive recuperation of sublime experience in a feminist voice.
Reviews / Votes
Overall, Mann's criticisms of postmodern feminism are important and her explanation of the positive feminist use of the sublime breaks new ground. * Feminism and Philosophy *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
339 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-518746-5 (9780195187465)
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Person
Bonnie Mann is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oregon. Her writing is informed by two decades of activism in the movement against violence against women and the anti-war movement. She lives in Eugene, Oregon with her partner and four daughters.
Author
Assistant Professor of PhilosophyAssistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, United States
Content
Preface
Introduction: The Linguistic Turn
1: Feminism and the Sublime
2: The Kantian Sublime: A Story in Two Paradoxes
3: The Postmodern Sublime
4: The Stakes of Feminism and the Feminist Postmodern
5: Interlude: Postmodern Goods (Sublime Experience in Feminist Celebrations of Pornography)
6: Talking Back to Feminist Postmodernism (What's Wrong with Discursive Bodies?)
7: Foundations for a Feminist Sublime
8: The Liberatory Sublime
9: The Natural Sublime
Conclusion
Introduction: The Linguistic Turn
1: Feminism and the Sublime
2: The Kantian Sublime: A Story in Two Paradoxes
3: The Postmodern Sublime
4: The Stakes of Feminism and the Feminist Postmodern
5: Interlude: Postmodern Goods (Sublime Experience in Feminist Celebrations of Pornography)
6: Talking Back to Feminist Postmodernism (What's Wrong with Discursive Bodies?)
7: Foundations for a Feminist Sublime
8: The Liberatory Sublime
9: The Natural Sublime
Conclusion