The Following CPF may be of interest to those of you interested in the history of gender identity. Special Issue: Women & Language Guest Editor: Leland G. Spencer, Miami University Transcending the Acronym: Genders, Sexes, Sexualities, and Gender Identities Beyond “LGBT” Article Deadline: January 31, 2018 Critical studies of gender, sex, sexuality, and gender identity have many […]
The Center for Ethics, Politics and Society (CEPS) - formerly the Political Theory Group - of the University of Minho, is pleased to announce the III Braga Colloquium in the History of Moral and Political Philosophy, an international annual conference to be held every year in January at the University of Minho in Braga, Portugal. The […]
Two 17th century Venetian women, Lucrezia Marinella and Arcangela Tarabotti, argued that the power men exercised over women should be conceptualized as tyranny. Their aim in so doing was to expose that power as a political injustice. In disputing the claim that the authority of men over women was grounded in nature they contributed to […]
This panel discussion is organized by the working group "Frauenrechte sind Menschenrechte“, the project "In der Philosophie zu Hause“, its related student group PEGASUS and the women's shelter in Paderborn. Prostitution, from the Latin prostituere = flaunt, denotes the performance of sexual acts as a trade. Prostitution is often referred to as the "oldest trade […]
Women have had a far deeper and more extensive influence on the history than is commonly realised. Far from confining their interests to questions of gender and domestic matters, women have been writing on all aspects of philosophy for as long as such a discipline can be identified. Indeed, it is often surprising just how […]
The purpose of this conference is both to raise awareness of the rich historical tradition of women’s philosophy as well as to help make the connection with current social, moral, political and philosophical debate by bringing neglected women writers, past and present, into dialogue with today’s discourses. Convenors: Sandrine Bergès (Bilkent), Alan Coffee (King’s) Julia […]
"Nach einigen Jahrzehnten des Schlummers ist die philosophische Anthropologie wieder erwacht" schrieb Kurt Bayerz 2011 und er führt das neuerliche Nachdenken über den Menschen und seine Natur auf Fortschritte der modernen Biowissenschaften und die mit ihnen verbundenen praktischen Möglichkeiten der Biotechnologie zurück. Dabei ist die »philosophische Anthropologie« erst am Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts auf den […]
Christine de Pizan (1365 – 1430) sagte,sie wolle nicht den „Meinungen der alten Theologen und Philosophen folgen“, sondern sich vielmehr „ihres eigenen Verstandes“ bedienen, als sie die gesellschaftliche Herabwürdigung der Frauen im öffentlichen Leben ihrer Zeit als ungerechtfertigt zurückwies. Olympe de Gouges (1748 – 1793) forderte die gleichen Bürgerrechte für Frauen wie für Männer und […]
Eine philosophische Annährung an Hildegards von Bingen (1098 – 1179) Verständnis von Leib und Seele mit Impulsen für den Philosophieunterricht. Der im Rahmenplan Philosophie festgelegte Arbeitsbereich „Anthropologie und Kultur“ behandelt zentrale Anliegen der philosophischen Anthropologie. Die Frage nach dem Verhältnis von Leib und Seele ist ein Schwerpunkt des Arbeitsbereichs. Dieser Workshop bietet Impulse für die […]
Part of the project seminar “Philosophy of Sexuality” at Paderborn University by Ana Rodrigues, at the professorial chair of Prof. Dr. Hagengruber, the project In der Philosophie zu Hause (IPH) and its student group PEGASUS. In recent times, we have not been speaking of “sexual”, but of “sexualized” violence. This new description is indicative of […]