marzo 2019
Critical Theory Feminism Conference, Bristol //
Call for Abstract This conference brings together philosophers working in Critical Theory and Feminism with political theorists and professional psychoanalysts in an interdisciplinary context to develop a compelling new perspectives on gendered oppression. By combining (Frankfurt School) Critical Theory and feminist concerns and applying both to the different feminist approaches themselves such new perspectives can offer compelling normative framework(s) and/or comprehensive ways to conceptualise problems of gendered injustice as well as productive ways to understand and navigate internal conflicts between the different approaches within feminism. Such …
Per saperne di più »aprile 2019
Vulnerability, Gender, and Justice. Contemporary Feminist Debates //
July 17-18, 2019 Section of Political Philosophy - Institute of Philosophy Karl-Franzens University of Graz The concept of vulnerability has come to occupy a prominent place in various political debates, as well as on the agendas of governments and international organizations. The idea of a generalized vulnerability (associated with mutual bodily exposure and conceptualized by Judith Butler as precariousness) represents an enabling condition for ethical and political action. Nonetheless, there are differential levels of precarity that need to be addressed.…
Per saperne di più »maggio 2019
Call rivista Segni e Comprensione: Edith Stein, Simone Weil, Hannah Arendt
Esistenza e giudizio - Edith Stein, Simone Weil, Hannah Arendt La filosofia del Novecento, in molte delle sue correnti e componenti, come l’ermeneutica, l’esistenzialismo, lo storicismo problematico, l’antropoanalisi, fenomenologica, ha cercato di comprendere le scissioni e la “difettività” dell’esistere. In fondo, ogni riconciliazione e giustificazione, e dunque ogni autentica comprensione, muove dal tentativo di superare la scissione e di annullare la rovina del negativo. Spesso è stato posto in gioco l’inquietante interrogativo: come vincere la scissione? Forse, per superare la…
Per saperne di più »giugno 2019
“Philosophy and Bodies” Feminist Summer Reading School
Cornell University Ithaca, NY June 17th-June 22nd, 2019 We are excited to announce the 3rd Annual Feminist Summer Reading School, hosted this year by Cornell University. The 2019 Summer School theme is “Philosophy and Bodies” and will be held June 17-22, 2019. Spanning from early understandings of mind-body relations to current ethical and political issues surrounding the body, the Summer Reading School will delve into topics such as disability, gender, weight/fatness, sex, confinement/imprisonment, race, and so on. The Summer School is…
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