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The Power of Spinoza: Feminist Conjunctions: Susan James Interviews

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2020

Genevieve Lloyd  and
Moira Gatens
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Abstract

As a constructive alternative to the exclusionary binaries of Cartesian philosophy, Genevieve Lloyd and Moira Gatens turn to Spinoza. Spinoza's understanding of the body as “in relation” takes the focus of philosophical thought from the homogeneous subject to the heterogeneity of the social, and the focus of politics from individual rights to collective responsibility. The implications for feminism are radical; Spinoza enables a reconceptualization of the imaginary and the possibility of a sociability of inclusion.

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Hypatia , Volume 15 , Issue 2: Special Issue: Going Australian: Reconfiguring Feminism and Philosophy , Spring 2000 , pp. 40 - 58
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Copyright © 2000 by Hypatia, Inc.

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