Asian and Feminist Philosophies in Dialogue

Liberating Traditions
Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-0-231-16625-6
Verlag: Columbia University Press

Buch, Englisch, 336 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 227 mm, Gewicht: 440 g

In this collection of original essays, international scholars put Asian traditions, such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Daoism, and Confucianism, into conversation with one or more contemporary feminist philosophies, founding a new mode of inquiry that attends to diverse voices and the complex global relationships that define our world.

These cross-cultural meditations focus on the liberation of persons from suffering, oppression, illusion, harmful conventions and desires, and other impediments to full personhood by deploying a methodology that traverses multiple philosophical styles, historical texts, and frames of reference. Hailing from the discipline of philosophy in addition to Asian, gender, and religious studies, the contributors offer a fresh take on the classic concerns of free will, consciousness, knowledge, objectivity, sexual difference, embodiment, selfhood, the state, morality, and hermeneutics. One of the first anthologies to embody the practice of feminist comparative philosophy, this collection creatively and effectively engages with global, cultural, and gender differences within the realms of scholarly inquiry and theory construction.

Autoren/Hrsg.

McWeeny, Jennifer

Butnor, Ashby

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Feministische Philosophie, Gender Studies
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Nicht-Westliche Philosophie Indische & Asiatische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword, by Eliot DeutschAcknowledgmentsFeminist Comparative Philosophy: Performing Philosophy Differently, by Ashby Butnor and Jennifer McWeenyPart 1 Gender and Potentiality1. Kamma, No-Self, and Social Construction: The Middle Way Between Determinism and Free Will, by Hsiao-Lan Hu2. On the Transformative Potential of the "Dark Female Animal" in Daodejing, by Kyoo Lee3. Confucian Family-State and Women: A Proposal for Confucian Feminism, by Ranjoo Seodu HerrPart 2 Raising Consciousness4. Mindfulness, Anatman, and the Possibility of a Feminist Self-consciousness, by Keya Maitra5. Liberating Anger, Embodying Knowledge: A Comparative Study of María Lugones and Zen Master Hakuin, by Jennifer McWeenyPart 3 Places of Knowing6. What Would Zhuangzi Say to Harding? A Daoist Critique of Feminist Standpoint Epistemology, by Xinyan Jiang7. "Epistemic Multiculturalism" and Objectivity: Rethinking Vandana Shiva's Ecospirituality, by Vrinda DalmiyaPart 4 Cultivating Ethical Selves8. Confucian Care: A Hybrid Feminist Ethics, by Li-Hsiang Lisa Rosenlee9. The Embodied Ethical Self: A Japanese and Feminist Account of Nondual Subjectivity, by Erin McCarthy10. Dogen, Feminism, and the Embodied Practice of Care, by Ashby ButnorPart 5 Transforming Discourse11. De-liberating Traditions: The Female Bodies of Sati and Slavery, by Namita GoswamiPhilosophy Uprising: The Feminist Afterword, by Chela SandovalFeminist Comparative Philosophy and Associated Methodologies: A BibliographyContributorsIndex

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Über Autor(innen)

Jennifer McWeeny is associate professor of philosophy at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Her research and teaching interests concern feminist philosophy, phenomenology, philosophy of mind, comparative methodology, decolonial theory, environmental philosophy, and Buddhism. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Oregon and her M.A. from the University of Hawai'i, Manoa.

Ashby Butnor teaches philosophy and religion at Metropolitan State University of Denver and serves as the faculty coordinator for Learning Communities and First Year Success. Her research focuses on ethics, feminist theory, phenomenology, Buddhism, East Asian philosophies, comparative methodologies, and philosophical pedagogy. She earned her doctorate from the University of Hawai'i, Manoa.