Philosophy and vulnerability: Catherine Breillat, Joan Didion, and Audre Lorde

"Issues surrounding precarity, debility and vulnerability are now of central concern to philosophers as we try and navigate an increasingly uncertain world. Matthew R. McLennan delves into these subjects enthusiastically and sensitively, presenting a vision of the discipline of philosophy which...

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Main Author: McLennan, Matthew R. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York ; Oxford ; New Delhi ; Syd Bloomsbury Academy 2019
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:"Issues surrounding precarity, debility and vulnerability are now of central concern to philosophers as we try and navigate an increasingly uncertain world. Matthew R. McLennan delves into these subjects enthusiastically and sensitively, presenting a vision of the discipline of philosophy which is grounded in real, lived experience. Developing an invigorating, if at times painful, sense of the finitude and fragility of human life, Philosophy and Vulnerability provocatively marshals three disciplinary 'nonphilosophers' to make its argument: French filmmaker and novelist Catherine Breillat, journalist and masterful cultural commentator Joan Didion and feminist poet and civil rights activist Audre Lorde. Through this encounter, this book suggests ways in which rigorous attention to difference and diversity must nourish a militant philosophical universalism in the future."--Back cover
Physical Description:ix, 183 Seiten 24 cm
ISBN:9781350004153
1350004154