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PHI 356LEC - Spec Topics-Feminist Phil Of The Body
Lecture



Spec Topics-Feminist Phil Of The Body LON			Enrollment Information (not real time - data refreshed nightly)


Class #:	24338		Enrollment Capacity:	30
Section:	LON		Enrollment Total:	6
Credits:	3.00 credits		Seats Available:	24
Dates:	01/27/2020 - 05/08/2020		Status:	OPEN
Days, Time:	T R , 12:30 PM - 1:50 PM
Room:	Norton 213	view map
Location:	North Campus


Comments


Many philosophers have talked about the mind, and the soul, but historically few have found the body to be an interesting or important topic of philosophical investigation. In addition, what has been said about it has very often been dismissive and denigrating. Of particular interest in this course will be the historical tendency to associate three things with one another: the body, irrationality, and womanhood, in contrast to the mind/soul, rationality, and manhood. In this course, we will look at accounts of the role of the body in mediating our lives, our social interactions, and our understanding of self and others. A wide variety of theoretical outlooks will be used in this course, ranging across analytic and continental philosophy, critical race and disability studies, and others, but the emphasis of the class will be on feminist insights about (a) the significance of inhabiting the world in gendered bodies, and (b) the ethical consequences of gender and other bodily characteristics in our actions and interactions with others.


Course Description


Critically considers a selected philosophical issue.


Instructor(s)



	Long, H D	look up


On-line Resources


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Other Courses Taught By: Long, H D


PHI 217LEC Professional Ethics PHI 105LEC Contemporary Moral Problems PHI 234LEC Environmental Ethics

UB Undergraduate Academic Schedule: Spring 2020