PHIL 213

Philosophy and Gender

Please note: this is archived course information from 2012 for PHIL 213.

Description

A selection of philosophical issues which arise within feminist thinking, such as: the nature of sexual equality; the relation between gender and embodiment; feminist rejections of the traditional oppositions of mind to body, nature to culture, emotion to reason; concepts of patriarchy, oppression and exploitation and their use in feminist analyses of women’s social position. Texts will include works by de Beauvoir, Irigaray, Butler, as well as Foucault and Freud.

Availability 2012

Not taught in 2012

Lecturer(s)

TBA

Points

PHIL 213: 15 points

Prerequisites

30 points from courses in Philosophy and/or Political Studies and/or Women’s Studies