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Dancing with Iris Ann Ferguson (Emerita Profressor of Women's Studies and Philosophy, Emerita Profressor of Women's Studies and Philosophy, University of Massachusetts, Amherst)

Dancing with Iris By Ann Ferguson (Emerita Profressor of Women's Studies and Philosophy, Emerita Profressor of Women's Studies and Philosophy, University of Massachusetts, Amherst)

Summary

Dancing with Iris engages with Iris Marion Young's prolific writings in political theory and in phenomenology. Contributors discuss her work from a variety of disciplines, including philosophy, political science, human rights law, cultural geography and dance studies

Dancing with Iris Summary

Dancing with Iris: The Philosophy of Iris Marion Young by Ann Ferguson (Emerita Profressor of Women's Studies and Philosophy, Emerita Profressor of Women's Studies and Philosophy, University of Massachusetts, Amherst)

Iris Marion Young was a world-renowned feminist moral and political philosopher whose many books and articles spanned more than three decades. She explored issues of social justice and oppression theory, the phenomenology of women's bodies, deliberative democracy and questions of terrorism, violence, international law and the role of the national security state. Her works have been of great interest to those both in the analytic and Continental philosophical tradition, and her roots range from critical theory (Habermas and Marcuse), and phenomenology (Beauvoir and Merleau Ponty) to poststructural psychoanalytic feminism (Kristeva and Ingaray). This anthology of writings aims to carry on the fruitful lines of thought she created and contains works by both well-known and younger authors who explore and engage critically with aspects of her work. The essays include personal remembrances as well as a last interview with Young about her work. The essays are organized into topic areas that are of interest to students in advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in ethics, feminist theory, and political philosophy.

Dancing with Iris Reviews

This is a useful, informative collection of critical reflections on Iris Marion Young's substantial contribution to feminist, social, and political philosophy. It might do well as a supplemental text in a graduate seminar on the work of Young and other feminist and political philosophy. * Notre Dame Philosophical Review *
As the legitimacy of politicians and political institutions comes into sharper focus in an era of global austerity unmatched in living memory, for me it is Iris Young's resolute grounding in everyday struggles, her concepts of differentiated solidarity and social connection that can give a theoretical underpinning for new and more empowering social practices - a place where sociology surely should always be. * Sociology *
The use of 'Dancing' in the title of this collection signals that it is above all a celebratory engagement with the work and the life of Iris Young. It also playfully points in the direction of arguably the most unusual and least familiar themes in Young's thinking explored in the book: the aesthetic dimension to be found not only in her work on embodiment (sketched out in the essays by Foster and Mann) but also in the implications of her account of structural inequality for understanding the role of aesthetic discomfort and disdain in anti-immigration sentiment (broached by Mart'inez). * Elizabeth Spelman, Ethics *

About Ann Ferguson (Emerita Profressor of Women's Studies and Philosophy, Emerita Profressor of Women's Studies and Philosophy, University of Massachusetts, Amherst)

Ann Ferguson is Emerita Professor of Women's Studies and Philosophy at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Mechthild Nagel is Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Center for Gender and Intercultural Studies at the State University of New York, College at Cortland.

Table of Contents

I. HOMAGE TO IRIS MARION YOUNG ; MASSACHUSETTS, AMHERST) AND MECHTHILD NAGEL, (STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, COLLEGE AT CORTLAND) ; II. EMBODIMENT, PHENOMENOLOGY AND GENDER ; III. THEORIZING THE STATE: METHOD, VIOLENCE AND RESISTANCE ; IV. JUSTICE: ETHICS AND RESPONSIBILITY ; V. JUSTICE: DEMOCRACY AND INCLUSION

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NPB9780195389128
9780195389128
0195389123
Dancing with Iris: The Philosophy of Iris Marion Young by Ann Ferguson (Emerita Profressor of Women's Studies and Philosophy, Emerita Profressor of Women's Studies and Philosophy, University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
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Oxford University Press Inc
2009-11-19
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