Philosophy and Vulnerability: Catherine Breillat, Joan Didion, and Audre Lorde Contributor(s): McLennan, Matthew R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1350004154 ISBN-13: 9781350004153 Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: February 2019 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Movements - Phenomenology - Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.3" W x 9.3" L (0.95 lbs) 200 pages |
Features: Dust Cover |
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Publisher Description: 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. |
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