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Penelope Deutscher
Yielding Gender examines three crucial areas; the issue of gender as ‘troubled’; deconstruction; and feminist criticism of the history of philosophy.
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Penelope Deutscher reconsiders the role of procreation in Foucault’s thought, especially its proximity to risk, mortality, and death. Foucault’s Futures brings together his work on sexuality and biopolitics to provide…
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Penelope Deutscher discusses extracts from the full range of Derrida’s work, including Of Grammatology, Dissemination, Limited Inc, The Other Heading: Reflections on Europe, Monolinguism of the Other, Given Time, and…
Penelope Deutscher (Professor, Northwestern University, Illinois)
Professor Deutscher studies Beauvoir’s philosophy on ‘otherness’ not just through her famous views on gender (in her celebrated 1949 work The Second Sex), but also through her less documented ideas…
Intent on letting the reader experience the pleasure and intellectual stimulation in reading classic authors, the How to Read series will facilitate and enrich your understanding of texts vital to…
World-renowned specialists in contemporary critical theory address the recent crises and transformations of the global political and economic order
Penelope Deutscher (Associate Professor in Philosophy, Northwestern University, USA)
The influential philosopher and theorist Luce Irigaray has been faulted for giving more importance to sexual difference than to race and multiculturalism. Penelope Deutscher’s eagerly awaited book, the first to…
Early in their careers, Michel Foucault and Jacques Derrida argued over madness, reason, and history in an exchange that profoundly influenced continental philosophy and critical theory. This collection traces this…
The work of philosopher Sarah Kofman has become a focus for many scholars interested in contemporary French philosophy since her death in 1994. The essays in this collection evaluate her…
