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This digital document is an article from The Review of Metaphysics, published by Philosophy Education Society, Inc. on March 1, 1997. The length of the article is 670 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: Maurice Natanson (1924-1996), formerly Professor of Philosophy at Yale University, was instrumental in introducing the work of Jean-Paul Sartre, Edmund Husserl, and Alfred Schutz to American philosophy. He received a National Book Award in 1974 for 'Edmund Husserl: Philosopher of Infinite Tasks.' His work on the relationship between philosophy and the social sciences was also influential. His philosophical perspective on existential phenomenology is reflected in a forthcoming book, 'The Erotic Bird: Phenomenology in Literature.'

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Title: Maurice Natanson (1924-1996). (philosopher of existential phenomenology)
Author: Judith Butler
Publication: The Review of Metaphysics (Refereed)
Date: March 1, 1997
Publisher: Philosophy Education Society, Inc.
Volume: v50Issue: n3Page: p739(2)

Article Type: Biography

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SPECTACULAR OPTICAL is a book published by TRANS> arts.cultures.media to accompany the exhibition bt the same name held at Thread Waxing Space. The book takes as a point of departure the cultural fascination with violence, atrocity, mutation and the ways that they are depicted (some would say gentrified) as entertainment. The essays examine the ways in which opticality has become so spectacular, how this bedazzlement with entertainment is engineered in the larger sphere of cultural production. From feminism to fetishism, from simulation to stimulation, the book takes as an example David Cronenberg's work which deals with corporeality, aggravated biology, technology, spectacle, media, and violence. ... Read more

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Women and Social Transformation brings three women from different countries together into dialogue. Judith Butler is the most referenced author in current feminist literature, and we find the latest developments of her work in this book; Lídia Puigvert has recently reached international relevance with her contribution about the "other women", who have not yet had a voice in feminism; and Elizabeth Beck-Gernsheim complements this debate with her work about immigrant women. The authors argue the need to open feminism to the plurality of all women's voices, especially those who are in the margins. Women and Social Transformation is a debate, and speaks about transforming gender relations, taking a distance from postmodern stances, and insisting on the need for egalitarian dialogue among women. This book gives back the meaning of the feminist struggle. ... Read more

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In Prejudicial Appearances noted legal scholar Robert C. Post argues modern American antidiscrimination law should not be conceived as protecting the transcendental dignity of individual persons but instead as transforming social practices that define and sustain potentially oppressive categories like race or gender. Arguing that the prevailing logic of American antidiscrimination law is misleading, Post lobbies for deploying sociological understandings to reevaluate the antidiscrimination project in ways that would render the law more effective and just.
Four distinguished commentators respond to Post’s provocative essay. Each adopts a distinctive perspective. K. Anthony Appiah investigates the philosophical logic of stereotyping and of equality. Questioning whether the law ought to endorse any social practices that define persons, Judith Butler explores the tension between sociological and postmodern approaches to antidiscrimination law. Thomas C. Grey examines whether Post’s proposal can be reconciled with the values of the rule of law. And Reva B. Siegel applies critical race theory to query whether antidiscrimination law’s reshaping of race and gender should best be understood in terms of practices of subordination and stratification.
By illuminating the consequential rhetorical maneuvers at the heart of contemporary U.S. antidiscrimination law, Prejudical Appearances forces readers to reappraise the relationship between courts of law and social behavior. As such, it will enrich scholars interested in the relationships between law, rhetoric, postmodernism, race, and gender.
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This digital document is an article from Health and Social Work, published by National Association of Social Workers on August 1, 2003. The length of the article is 6975 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Facilitators of well-functioning consortia: national healthy start program lessons.
Author: Mildred Thompson
Publication: Health and Social Work (Refereed)
Date: August 1, 2003
Publisher: National Association of Social Workers
Volume: 28Issue: 3Page: 185(11)

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