Being born: birth and philosophy

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Alison Stone investigates how human existence is conditioned by the fact that it begins with birth. How does birth shape the way we are in the world, and the meaning of our lives? Philosophers have written much about death, but neglected birth. Stone brings natality into philosophical view, offering fascinating insights into the human condition.

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Full title :Being born : birth and philosophy / Alison Stone.

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Publication Date:2019.
Edition:First edition

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Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:Oxford
Language:eng
Publication Date:2019.

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Description:1 online resource

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ISBN:0192584634, 9780192584632, 9780191880971, 0191880973
oclc:on1119610241
LC Classification:BD443
Dewey Decimal:128

Cover; Being Born: Birth and Philosophy; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Towards a Philosophy of Being Born; I. Main Themes; II. Intellectual Sources and Location of this Inquiry; III. Chapter Synopsis; Notes; 1: Birth and Natality in Feminist Philosophy; I. Irigaray, Sexual Difference, and Matricide; II. The Forgetting and Remembering of Maternal Origins; III. Appraising Irigaray's Ideas; IV. Cavarero on Natality; V.A Culture of Death and Violence; VI. Feminist Thought about Birth: Preliminary Conclusions; Notes; 2: History, Inheritance, and Vulnerability

I. Sex, Gender, and BirthII. The Historical Bias towards Death; III. Reception and Inheritance; IV. Natality and Vulnerability; V. Vulnerability and Negativity; Notes; 3: Dependency, Relationality, Power, and Situatedness; I. Dependency; II. Relational Selves; III. Power; IV. Situatedness: A First Sketch; V. Birth, Dependency, and Culture: Summing Up So Far; Notes; 4: The Radical Contingency of Being Born; I. Why Am I This Particular Individual?; II. The Contingency of Who I Am; III. Sartre, Facticity, and Birth; IV. Nausea and Groundlessness; V. Situatedness, Freedom, and Sense-Making; Notes

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Birth (Philosophy) Electronic books Feminist theory Humanité (Morale) Humanity Naissance Parturition -- Philosophie Parturition -- Philosophy Théorie féministe