Jennifer McWeeny
Biographic Data
| ID | 5137488 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jennifer McWeeny |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jennifer |
| FAMILY NAME | McWeeny |
| SIGNATURE | MCWEENY J |
| AFFILIATIONS | 1 Worcester Polytechnic Institute USA Worcester, MA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Editor’s Introduction / Présentation du numéro
Presentation of the Patterson Prize / Présentation du prix Patterson
Presentation of the Patterson Prize / Présentation du prix Patterson
Editor’s Introduction / Présentation du numéro
Presentation of the Patterson Prize / Présentation du prix Patterson
Feminist Philosophy of Mind
Feminist Philosophy of Mind
A feminist approach to philosophy of mind asks whether mind is gendered, raced, classed, and so on, and whether differences of gender, race, class, and other social categories are a matter of mind. This chapter outlines the scope, content, and aims of this emerging field with reference to three decisive moments in its evolution. First, the correspondence between Princess Elisabeth and Descartes is examined, with particular emphasis on Descartes’s…
The Blood of Others: Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Simone de Beauvoir
The author argues, with reference to a number of Merleau-Ponty’s unpublished manuscripts, that Merleau-Ponty’s notion of encroachment ( empiétement ) has origins in Simone de Beauvoir’s 1945 novel, The Blood of Others . He examines how the two philosophers approach the encroachment of freedoms, the political stance of pacifism, and the interpretation of Voltaire’s Candide (Part I ). The impact of Élisabeth Lacoin’s death on Beauvoir’s and Merleau…
Editor’s Introduction / Présentation du numéro
Editor’s Introduction / Présentation du numéro
In the Editor’s Introduction to volume 30 of Simone de Beauvoir Studies , and the first standard issue of the relaunched version of the journal, Jennifer McWeeny identifies two trends in Beauvoir’s scholarship that characterize the present state of the field: the emphasis on the situated, first-person perspective and the need for a holistic method of interpretation that attends to the underexplored or misrepresented moments in Beauvoir’s oeuvre. …
Speaking Face to Face: The Visionary Philosophy of María Lugones
Topographies of Flesh: Women, Nonhuman Animals, and the Embodiment of Connection and Difference
Because of risks of essentialism and homogenization, feminist theorists frequently avoid making precise ontological claims, especially in regard to specifying bodily connections and differences among women. However well‐intentioned, this trend may actually run counter to the spirit of intersectionality by shifting feminists' attention away from embodiment, fostering oppressor‐centric theories, and obscuring privilege within feminism. What feminis…
The feminist phenomenology of excess: Ontological multiplicity, auto-jealousy, and suicide in Beauvoir’s L’Invitée
Topographies of Flesh: Women, Nonhuman Animals, and the Embodiment of Connection and Difference
Because of risks of essentialism and homogenization, feminist theorists frequently avoid making precise ontological claims, especially in regard to specifying bodily connections and differences among women. However well‐intentioned, this trend may actually run counter to the spirit of intersectionality by shifting feminists' attention away from embodiment, fostering oppressor‐centric theories, and obscuring privilege within feminism. What feminis…
The feminist phenomenology of excess: Ontological multiplicity, auto-jealousy, and suicide in Beauvoir’s L’Invitée
Topographies of Flesh: Women, Nonhuman Animals, and the Embodiment of Connection and Difference
Because of risks of essentialism and homogenization, feminist theorists frequently avoid making precise ontological claims, especially in regard to specifying bodily connections and differences among women. However well‐intentioned, this trend may actually run counter to the spirit of intersectionality by shifting feminists' attention away from embodiment, fostering oppressor‐centric theories, and obscuring privilege within feminism. What feminis…
Speaking Face to Face: The Visionary Philosophy of María Lugones
The Blood of Others: Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Simone de Beauvoir
The author argues, with reference to a number of Merleau-Ponty’s unpublished manuscripts, that Merleau-Ponty’s notion of encroachment ( empiétement ) has origins in Simone de Beauvoir’s 1945 novel, The Blood of Others . He examines how the two philosophers approach the encroachment of freedoms, the political stance of pacifism, and the interpretation of Voltaire’s Candide (Part I ). The impact of Élisabeth Lacoin’s death on Beauvoir’s and Merleau…
Editor’s Introduction / Présentation du numéro
Editor’s Introduction / Présentation du numéro
In the Editor’s Introduction to volume 30 of Simone de Beauvoir Studies , and the first standard issue of the relaunched version of the journal, Jennifer McWeeny identifies two trends in Beauvoir’s scholarship that characterize the present state of the field: the emphasis on the situated, first-person perspective and the need for a holistic method of interpretation that attends to the underexplored or misrepresented moments in Beauvoir’s oeuvre. …
Feminist Philosophy of Mind
A feminist approach to philosophy of mind asks whether mind is gendered, raced, classed, and so on, and whether differences of gender, race, class, and other social categories are a matter of mind. This chapter outlines the scope, content, and aims of this emerging field with reference to three decisive moments in its evolution. First, the correspondence between Princess Elisabeth and Descartes is examined, with particular emphasis on Descartes’s…
Editor’s Introduction / Présentation du numéro
Presentation of the Patterson Prize / Présentation du prix Patterson
Feminist Philosophy of Mind
Presentation of the Patterson Prize / Présentation du prix Patterson
Editor’s Introduction / Présentation du numéro
Presentation of the Patterson Prize / Présentation du prix Patterson
Philosophy (10 works) · Epistemology (7 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Academic Writing and Publishing (3 works) · Art (3 works) · Education, sociology, and vocational training (3 works) · Feminism (3 works) · French Historical and Cultural Studies (3 works)