An Aristotelian Feminism (historical-analytical Studies On Nature, Mind And Action)
by Sarah Borden Sharkey /
2016 / English / PDF
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This book articulates the theoretical outlines of a feminism
developed from Aristotle’s metaphysics, making a new contribution
to feminist theory. Readers will discover why Aristotle was not a
feminist and how he might have become one, through an
investigation of Aristotle and Aristotelian tradition. The author
shows how Aristotle’s metaphysics can be used to articulate a
particularly subtle and theoretically powerful understanding of
gender that may offer a highly useful tool for distinctively
feminist arguments.
This book articulates the theoretical outlines of a feminism
developed from Aristotle’s metaphysics, making a new contribution
to feminist theory. Readers will discover why Aristotle was not a
feminist and how he might have become one, through an
investigation of Aristotle and Aristotelian tradition. The author
shows how Aristotle’s metaphysics can be used to articulate a
particularly subtle and theoretically powerful understanding of
gender that may offer a highly useful tool for distinctively
feminist arguments.
This work builds on Martha Nussbaum’s ‘capabilities approach’ in
a more explicitly and thoroughly hylomorphist way. The author
shows how Aristotle’s hylomorphic model, developed to run between
the extremes of Platonic dualism and Democritean atomism, can
similarly be used today to articulate a view of gender that takes
bodily differences seriously without reducing gender to
biological determinations.
This work builds on Martha Nussbaum’s ‘capabilities approach’ in
a more explicitly and thoroughly hylomorphist way. The author
shows how Aristotle’s hylomorphic model, developed to run between
the extremes of Platonic dualism and Democritean atomism, can
similarly be used today to articulate a view of gender that takes
bodily differences seriously without reducing gender to
biological determinations.
Although written for theorists, this scholarly yet accessible
book can be used to address more practical issues and the final
chapter explores women in universities as one example. This book
will appeal to both feminists with limited familiarity with
Aristotle’s philosophy, and scholars of Aristotle with limited
familiarity with feminism.
Although written for theorists, this scholarly yet accessible
book can be used to address more practical issues and the final
chapter explores women in universities as one example. This book
will appeal to both feminists with limited familiarity with
Aristotle’s philosophy, and scholars of Aristotle with limited
familiarity with feminism.