Patterns of Dissonance
A Study of Women and Contemporary Philosophy
Published on 29. April 2013
326 pages
978-0-7456-6572-6 (ISBN)
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This book is a brilliant and timely analysis of the complex issuesraised by the relation between women and philosophy. It offers acritical account of a wide range of contemporary philosophical andfeminist texts and it develops this account into an originalproject of critical feminist thought.
Braidotti examines contemporary French philosophy as practisedby men such as Foucault and Derrida, showing that they rely on anotion of 'the feminine' in order to undermine classical thought,which bears no direct relevance to the historical experience ofwomen.
Braidotti then looks at the attempts of contemporary feministthinkers in Europe and the United States to show the genderednature of discursive power games. She discusses the contributionsof Luce Irigaray and many other feminist theorists to theunderstanding of sexual difference and of its implications forphilosophy and politics. This book will be of interest to studentsand researchers in women's studies, feminist theory, social theory,cultural studies, philosophy and literature, and anyone interestedin contemporary feminism and the relation between feminist theory,post-structuralism and psychoanalysis.
Braidotti examines contemporary French philosophy as practisedby men such as Foucault and Derrida, showing that they rely on anotion of 'the feminine' in order to undermine classical thought,which bears no direct relevance to the historical experience ofwomen.
Braidotti then looks at the attempts of contemporary feministthinkers in Europe and the United States to show the genderednature of discursive power games. She discusses the contributionsof Luce Irigaray and many other feminist theorists to theunderstanding of sexual difference and of its implications forphilosophy and politics. This book will be of interest to studentsand researchers in women's studies, feminist theory, social theory,cultural studies, philosophy and literature, and anyone interestedin contemporary feminism and the relation between feminist theory,post-structuralism and psychoanalysis.
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Rosi Braidotti works in the fields of contemporary philosophy and literature. She has published work on feminist theory in Italian, French and English and has been translated into many other languages. She is Professor of Womens Studies at the University of Utrecht.
Content
1. Images of the Void.
2. Desidero Ergo Sum:.
The Improbable Tete-á-tete Between Philosophy andPsychoanalysis.
3. Un-Cartesian Routes: Foucault and Derrida.
4. Bodies, Texts and Powers.
5. The Becoming-Woman of Philosophy.
6. Towards a Philosophical Reading of Feminist Ideas.
7. Feminist Tactics in Philosophy, or:.
I Think Therefore He is.
8. Radical Philosophies of Sexual Difference, or:.
I Think Therefore She is.
Conclusion.
2. Desidero Ergo Sum:.
The Improbable Tete-á-tete Between Philosophy andPsychoanalysis.
3. Un-Cartesian Routes: Foucault and Derrida.
4. Bodies, Texts and Powers.
5. The Becoming-Woman of Philosophy.
6. Towards a Philosophical Reading of Feminist Ideas.
7. Feminist Tactics in Philosophy, or:.
I Think Therefore He is.
8. Radical Philosophies of Sexual Difference, or:.
I Think Therefore She is.
Conclusion.
