From: "Grebowicz, Margret" <Grebowiczm-AT-uhd.edu> Subject: CFP: Gender After Lyotard Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2003 17:09:44 -0600 CFP: Gender After Lyotard Postmodernism, Philosophy, and Feminist Theory edited by Margret Grebowicz Papers are sought which critically address the philosophy of Jean-François Lyotard from feminist perspectives. Broadly conceived, the collection will address two issues: the possible uses of Lyotard's epistemology for feminist thought and the importance of Lyotard's own work on gender for contemporary feminist theory. Specific issues to consider include the following: --what can feminists learn from the analyses of difference, and of the relationship between difference and justice, developed in Lyotard's oeuvre? --Lyotard's engagement of psychoanalysis as read by feminist psychoanalysis --Lyotard's political writings read from the perspectives of feminist and postcolonial theories --his analyses of the relationship between aesthetics and ethics read by feminists aesthetics/art --his work on pedagogy read from perspectives of gender --comparative analyses of Lyotard and other French postmodern thinkers (for example, Deleuze and Foucault) as useful for feminist philosophy --why does Lyotard address gender in the first place? what role does gender play in his epistemology, ethics, politics? --the possibilities for men's feminist subjectivities from the vantage point of Lyotard's essays on gender ("Interesting", "Return Upon the Return", "Marie Goes to Japan", "Can thought go on without a Body?", and others) --the role of gender in his analyses of global capitalism, migration, and technology. Due date for abstracts (700-1,000 words): June 1, 2003. Please send or e-mail abstracts to: Dr. Margret Grebowicz Assistant Professor of Philosophy Department of Social Sciences University of Houston-Downtown Houston, TX 77002 USA GrebowiczM-AT-uhd.edu <mailto:GrebowiczM-AT-uhd.edu>
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