Katy Fulfer

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August 12, 2020 by Katy

Visiting other worlds

On July 14, the prominent feminist philosopher María Lugones died. Lugones was one of the first feminist thinkers that I ever read. Her co-authored paper with Elizabeth Spelman, "'Have We Got a Theory for You!' Feminist Theory, Cultural Imperialism, and the Demand for the 'Woman's Voice," inspired my Master's thesis. Some of the questions that paper raises about coalition across cultural difference still press on me. In fact, Janet and I have a project about building solidarity within … [Read more...]

Filed Under: At Home with Arendt, feminism Tagged With: empathy, feminism, Hannah Arendt, Maria Lugones, recognition, relational ethics, solidarity, visiting, whiteness, world-traveling

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