TALK BY TUIJA PULKKINEN ON THE TENSION BETWEEN PHILOSOPHY AND ACADEMIC FEMINISM

The Seminar in Feminist Continental Philosophy in the University of Stockholm on October 15th 2024 discusses the book ”Feminist Philosophy: Time, History and the Transformation of Thought” together with editors and contributing authors.

Book Talk – Feminist Philosophy: Time, History and the Transformation of Thought

Editors Synne Myreböe (University of Vienna) and Johanna Sjöstedt (MA University of Gothenburg) will join us and introduce the book.

We will also be joined by contributing authors Tuija Pulkkinen (University of Helsinki), Claudia Lindén (Södertörn University), Erik Poulsen (MA Södertörn University), Kristina Fjelkestam (Stockholm University), Fanny Söderbäck (Södertörn University), Sara Edenheim (Umeå University), Naomi Scheman (University of Minnesota), Helgard Mahrdt (University of Oslo), and Zlatana Knezevic (Dalarna University).

About the book:

What is the relationship between feminism and philosophy today? Although feminist philosophy is now a recognized field in the institution of philosophy, a tension between the terms feminism and philosophy persists. From the perspective of philosophy, feminist philosophy may seem too committed to political change. From the perspective of feminism, the practice of philosophy may seem too far removed from the pressing concerns of injustice in ordinary life.

This volume is an interdisciplinary initiative at the intersection of philosophy, the history of ideas, and feminist theory, where philosophy is scrutinized from a feminist perspective and asks questions about what philosophy has to offer feminism. 

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