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Mothering Against Norms: Diane Wilson And Environmental Activism, Danielle Poe
Mothering Against Norms: Diane Wilson And Environmental Activism, Danielle Poe
Danielle Poe
Diane Wilson is a mother and an environmental activist, two roles that challenge: Common perceptions about what a mother is and what her obligations to her children are. Common stereotypes about environmental activists and the focus of their acts. Her story reveals the ways in which mothering is always practiced in a context, and sometimes in order to work toward a society in which her children can thrive, a mother may have to challenge the context itself and take time away from her children. When Wilson engages in questioning, challenging, and changing the world, she faces pressure from local and …
Feminism, Cultural Violence Of, Danielle Poe
Feminism, Cultural Violence Of, Danielle Poe
Danielle Poe
For most, if not all, self-defined feminists, feminism means support for equality between women and men. The difficulty with this definition, though, is determining what one means by "equality," by "women and men," and by "sex" and "gender." For some feminists, equality requires that differences between women and men be acknowledged and valued. For other feminists, equality means that the category "human" encompasses women and men and that the differences within a sex are greater than differences between the sexes. Feminists also differ on what they mean by "women" and "men"; these terms can be defined biologically, genetically, culturally, religiously, …
Philosophy's Rarified Air: On Peden's Spinoza Contra Phenomenology, Steven Swarbrick
Philosophy's Rarified Air: On Peden's Spinoza Contra Phenomenology, Steven Swarbrick
Publications and Research
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Olympe De Gouges (1748—1793), Joan Woolfrey
Olympe De Gouges (1748—1793), Joan Woolfrey
Philosophy Faculty Publications
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