Philosophical Investigation of Rape - The Making and Unmaking of the Feminine Self

Informationen zum Autor Louise du Toit is senior lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Johannesburg. She has published work in the fields of rape and sexual violence! legal philosophy! and ethnic identity. Klappentext This book offers a critical feminist perspective on the widely debated topic of transitional justice and forgiveness. Louise Du Toit examines the phenomenon of rape with a feminist philosophical discourse concerning women 's or feminine subjectivity and selfhood. She demonstrates how the hierarchical dichotomy of male active versus female passive sexuality which obscures the true nature of rape is embedded in the dominant western symbolic frame. Through a Hegelian and phenomenological reading of first-person accounts by rape victims! she excavates an understanding of rape that also starts to open up a way out of the denial and destruction of female sexual subjectivity. Zusammenfassung Du Toit examines the phenomenon of rape using a feminist philosophical discourse concerning women’s subjectivity and selfhood. The book provides a critique of the dominant understanding of rape and its associated damage, and suggests alternatives. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction. 1. Rape, Forgiveness and Reconciliation 2. The Impossibility of Rape 3. The Possibility of Rape 4. Enigmatic Woman Facilitates Man’s Becoming 5. What if the Object Started to Speak? 6. Towards Female Subjectivity

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• Authors: Pre Athena Du, Louise du Toit, Louise (Stellenbosch University Du Toit, Louise (University of Stellenbosch Du Toit, Louise Du Toit, TOIT LOUISE DU
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.04.2009
• EAN: 9780415990295
• ISBN: 978-0-415-99029-5
• No. of pages: 244
• Series: Routledge Research in Gender and Society; Routledge Research in Gender and Society
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Feminism & feminist theory, Gender studies: women, Feminism and feminist theory, Gender studies: women and girls