Description
Womens Liberation and the Sublime is a passionate report on the state of feminist thinking and practice after the linguistic turn. A critical assessment of masculinist notions of the sublime in modern and postmodern accounts grounds the author's positive and constructive recuperation of sublime experience in a feminist voice.
About the Author
Bonnie Mann is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oregon. Her writing is informed by two decades of activism in the movement against violence against women and the anti-war movement. She lives in Eugene, Oregon with her partner and four daughters.
Reviews
Overall, Mann's criticisms of postmodern feminism are important and her explanation of the positive feminist use of the sublime breaks new ground. * Feminism and Philosophy *
Book Information
ISBN 9780195187465
Author Bonnie Mann
Format Paperback
Page Count 216
Imprint Oxford University Press Inc
Publisher Oxford University Press Inc
Weight(grams) 351g
Dimensions(mm) 235mm * 155mm * 16mm
About the Author
Bonnie Mann is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oregon. Her writing is informed by two decades of activism in the movement against violence against women and the anti-war movement. She lives in Eugene, Oregon with her partner and four daughters.
Reviews
Overall, Mann's criticisms of postmodern feminism are important and her explanation of the positive feminist use of the sublime breaks new ground. * Feminism and Philosophy *
Book Information
ISBN 9780195187465
Author Bonnie Mann
Format Paperback
Page Count 216
Imprint Oxford University Press Inc
Publisher Oxford University Press Inc
Weight(grams) 351g
Dimensions(mm) 235mm * 155mm * 16mm
