Women Phenomenologists on Social Ontology: We-Experiences, Communal Life, and Joint Action

Sebastian Luft · Ruth Hagengruber

Oct 2018 · Women in the History of Philosophy and Sciences Book 1 · Springer

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This edited volume examines women's voices in phenomenology, many of which had a formative impact on the movement but have be kept relatively silent for many years. It features papers that truly extend the canonical scope of phenomenological research. Readers will discover the rich philosophical output of such scholars as Edith Stein, Hedwig Conrad-Martius, and Gerda Walther. They will also come to see how the phenomenological movement allowed its female proponents to achieve a position in the academic world few women could enjoy at the time. The book explores the intersection of social ontology, phenomenology, and women scholars in phenomenology. The papers offer a fresh look at such topics as the nature of communities, shared values, feelings, and other mental content. In addition, coverage examines the contributions of Jewish women to the science, who were present at the beginning of the phenomenological movement. This remarkable anthology also features a paper on Gerda Walther written by Linda Lopez McAlister, former editor of the feminist journal Hypatia, who had met Walther in 1976.

This book features work from the conference “Women Phenomenologists on Social Ontology,” held at the University of Paderborn. Overall, it collects profiles and analysis that unveil a hidden history of phenomenology.

About the author

Sebastian Luft is professor of philosophy at Marquette University. He has held visiting positions at the universities of Paderborn, Freiburg i.Br., Graz, San Juan (Puerto Rico). He specializes in phenomenology, philosophy of culture, and 19th & 20th century European philosophy. He has published and edited several books and numerous articles in these areas.

Ruth Hagengruber is Professor of Philosophy and Chair of the Department of Philosophy at Paderborn University, Germany. In 2006 she founded the teaching and research area History of Women Philosophers & Scientists and is director of the 2016 founded Center for the History of Women Philosophers & Scientists at Paderborn University.

Ruth Hagengruber also writes on Philosophy, Technology and Economics. She is honorary member of the International Association for Computing and Philosophy and member of the Advisory Board of the Munich Center for Technology in Society at the U München.

She published - among other - Emilie du Châtelet between Leibniz and Newton (Springer 2011); with co-editor Karen Green: History of Women’s Ideas (Monist 98, Oxford University Press 2015). 2017 with Hartmut Hecht: Emilie Du Châtelet und die deutsche Aufklärung (Springer 2018) as well as with co-editor Uwe Riss Philosophy, Computing and Information Science. London: Pickering & Chatto; 2015 and other.

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