Thinking Woman

Australian novelist Julienne van Loon engages with eight world-renowned female intellectuals, writers, and activists to consider what philosophy might teach us about ethics, politics, and the nature of existence, and how might we relate these big ideas back to the smaller everyday concerns of domestic life, work, play, love, and relationships.

Sommario

Foreword

Introduction

CHAPTER 1 Love

CHAPTER 2 Play

CHAPTER 3 Work

CHAPTER 4 Fear

CHAPTER 5 Wonder

CHAPTER 6 Friendship

Notes

Bibliography

Acknowledgments

Info autore

JULIENNE VAN LOON is the author of three critically acclaimed novels: Road Story, Beneath the Bloodwood Tree and Harmless. Her honors include the Australian/Vogel's Literary Award and an appointment as Honorary Fellow in Writing with the University of Iowa. She is an associate professor with the writing and publishing program at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia.

Riassunto

Australian novelist Julienne van Loon engages with eight world-renowned female intellectuals, writers, and activists to consider what philosophy might teach us about ethics, politics, and the nature of existence, and how might we relate these big ideas back to the smaller everyday concerns of domestic life, work, play, love, and relationships.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Julienne van Loon, Julienne Van Loon
• Editore: Rutgers University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.10.2020
• EAN: 9781978819900
• ISBN: 978-1-978819-90-0
• Pagine: 258
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Gender Studies, Soziale und politische Philosophie, Arbeits- / Einkommensökonomie, PHILOSOPHY / Social, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory