Drawing on the ambiguous meaning of the notion of vulnerability, the book offers an innovative approach to the topic of the female body in relation to women’s rights; going beyond the age-old dichotomy of casting women as either passive victims or conscious agents.
Table of Content
Acknowledgements Introduction Feminism: A Trouble Spot The Adventures of the Body The Problem of Human Vulnerability Bodily Uniqueness and Symbolization Contemporary Society and its Body Politics Bibliography Index
About the author
EVA DE CLERCQ is affiliated with the University of Pisa, Italy and she is Lecturer of Philosophy at the Lorenzo de’ Medici Institute in Florence. She is part of the editorial team of Teoria. Rivista di Filosofia fondata di Vittorio Sainati.
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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 191 ● ISBN 9781137030726 ● File size 1.0 MB ● Publisher Palgrave Macmillan UK ● City London ● Country GB ● Published 2013 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 2646892 ● Copy protection Social DRM