Prudence Allen
Biographic Data
| ID | 3698326 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Prudence Allen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Prudence |
| FAMILY NAME | Allen |
| SIGNATURE | ALLEN P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Concordia University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Lucrezia Marinelli and Woman's Identity in Late Italian Renaissance
In this paper the Italian Humanist Lucrezia Marinelli (1571-1653) will be examined from the two complementary perspectives on her place in the late Italian Renaissance Studies and her contribution to the philosophy of woman. Marinelli is remarkable in both areas of intellectual history; and her relatively unknown contributions make it even more exciting to present to the English speaking public an assessment of her work. In Part I of this paper, …
Man-Woman Complementarity
Man-Woman Complementarity:The Catholic Inspiration Prudence Allen RSM (bio) Every time man-woman relations moved out of balance in western thought or practice, someone—a philosopher and/or a theologian—responding to a deep source of Catholic inspiration, sought ways to bring the balance back. What do I mean by "out of balance"? When one of two fundamental principles of gender relation—equal dignity and significant difference—is missing from the r…
The concept of woman
Hildegard of Bingen's Philosophy of Sex Identity
Aristotelian and Cartesian Revolutions in the Philosophy of Man and Woman
Today a “new” field of philosophy has emerged which can be called simply “The Philosophy of Man and Woman”. Paradoxically, it is a field of study with a long and impressive history which began when the pre-Socratic philosophers first questioned their own identity in the midst of the world. Their questions fall into four broad areas: 1. How is the male “opposite” to the female? 2. What roles do male and female play in the generation and identity o…
Response to “Commentaire sur le texte de Sr Prudence Allen par Jocelyne St-Arnaud”
I appreciate very much the thoroughness with which Jocelyne St-Arnaud has analyzed the text of my paper. As she points out, the major source of difference between our approach to the authors under consideration derives from a preference for an ethical and political perspective on her side and a preference for a metaphysical perspective on mine. However, there are a few key points in interpretation that need to be addressed which go beyond this ce…
Two medieval views on woman's identity
Aristotelian and Cartesian Revolutions in the Philosophy of Man and Woman
Today a “new” field of philosophy has emerged which can be called simply “The Philosophy of Man and Woman”. Paradoxically, it is a field of study with a long and impressive history which began when the pre-Socratic philosophers first questioned their own identity in the midst of the world. Their questions fall into four broad areas: 1. How is the male “opposite” to the female? 2. What roles do male and female play in the generation and identity o…
Response to “Commentaire sur le texte de Sr Prudence Allen par Jocelyne St-Arnaud”
I appreciate very much the thoroughness with which Jocelyne St-Arnaud has analyzed the text of my paper. As she points out, the major source of difference between our approach to the authors under consideration derives from a preference for an ethical and political perspective on her side and a preference for a metaphysical perspective on mine. However, there are a few key points in interpretation that need to be addressed which go beyond this ce…
Two medieval views on woman's identity
Hildegard of Bingen's Philosophy of Sex Identity
The concept of woman
Man-Woman Complementarity
Man-Woman Complementarity:The Catholic Inspiration Prudence Allen RSM (bio) Every time man-woman relations moved out of balance in western thought or practice, someone—a philosopher and/or a theologian—responding to a deep source of Catholic inspiration, sought ways to bring the balance back. What do I mean by "out of balance"? When one of two fundamental principles of gender relation—equal dignity and significant difference—is missing from the r…
Lucrezia Marinelli and Woman's Identity in Late Italian Renaissance
In this paper the Italian Humanist Lucrezia Marinelli (1571-1653) will be examined from the two complementary perspectives on her place in the late Italian Renaissance Studies and her contribution to the philosophy of woman. Marinelli is remarkable in both areas of intellectual history; and her relatively unknown contributions make it even more exciting to present to the English speaking public an assessment of her work. In Part I of this paper, …
Philosophy (6 works) · Aesthetics (5 works) · Epistemology (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Identity (music) (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Classics (2 works)