Philosophical inquiry into pregnancy, childbirth, and mothering is a growing area of interest to academic philosophers. This volume brings together a diverse group of philosophers to speak about topics in this reemerging area of philosophical inquiry, taking up new themes, such as maternal aesthetics, and pursuing old ones in new ways, such as investigating stepmothering as it might inform and ground an ethics of care. The theoretical foci of the book include feminist, existential, ethical, aesthetic, phenomenological, social and political theories. These perspectives are then employed to consider many dimensions of pregnancy, childbirth, and mothering, which are of central importance to human existence, but are only rarely discussed in philosophical cannons. Topics include pregnancy and embodiment, breast-feeding, representations - or the lack thereof - of pregnant and birthing women, adoption, and post-partum motherhood.

About the Author
Sheila Lintott is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Bucknell University with research interests in feminist philosophy, philosophical aesthetics, and environmental philosophy. Her work appears in journals such as Hypatia, Environmental Ethics, and The British Journal of Aesthetics. She also edited Motherhood: Philosophy for Everyone-The Birth of Wisdom (Blackwell). Maureen Sander-Staudt is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Arizona State University with academic expertise in feminist philosophy and literature. She has published in Hypatia, The Journal of Social Philosophy, and is the co-editor of Applying Care Ethics to Business, with Maurice Hamington (Springer Press).


Book Information
ISBN 9781138902480
Author Sheila Lintott
Format Paperback
Page Count 268
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 408g