| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Studies in feminist philosophy |
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Studies in feminist philosophy.
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| Contents |
Introduction: physiological habits -- The hips: on the physiology of affect and emotion -- The gut and pelvic floor: on cloacal thinking -- The epigenome: on the transgenerational effects of racism -- The stomach and the heart: on the physiology of white ignorace -- Conclusion: social-political change and physiological transformation |
| Summary |
While gender and race often are considered socially constructed, this book argues that they are physiologically constituted through the biopsychosocial effects of sexism and racism. Examining a complex tangle of affects, emotions, knowledge, and privilege, the book develops an understanding of the human body whose unconscious habits are biological. On this account, affect and emotion are thoroughly somatic, not something 'mental' or extra-biological, layered on top of the body. They also are interpersonal, social, and can be transactionally transmitted between people |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed June 12, 2015) |
| Subject |
Human body (Philosophy)
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Human physiology -- Philosophy
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Sexism -- Philosophy
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Racism -- Philosophy
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Feminist theory.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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Feminist theory
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Human body (Philosophy)
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Racism -- Philosophy
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Rassismus
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Sexismus
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Feminismus
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Philosophie
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Philosophy & Religion.
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Philosophy.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780190250621 |
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0190250623 |
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9780190250638 |
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0190250631 |
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