Gender Theories – Politics, bodies, differences (PhD)
Prerequisiti
No prerequisites - open to all course years
Programma
This course offers an interdisciplinary exploration of the ways in which the gendered body is constructed and the political meanings historically attributed to it, using the theoretical tools of gender studies and contemporary political philosophy. Taking a genealogical and critical perspective, the course will analyse the ways in which the body is produced, defined and governed at the intersection of biological, discursive and social dimensions, examining the relationship between practices of subjectivation, gender norms and mechanisms of power.
Obiettivi formativi
The aim of the course is to provide the methodological and theoretical tools of feminist philosophies in order to understand their central themes and contemporary debates. The course, through a theoretical-critical perspective, will make it possible to address the fundamental themes of gender studies. Furthermore, the aim of the course is to understand the gender perspective as a method and tool of critical analysis and to be able to apply it to different fields of knowledge.
At the end of the course, the student will have acquired the necessary skills to formulate an autonomous critical judgement on texts and their interpretations and to apply the knowledge acquired to the analysis of contemporary political problems.
Riferimenti bibliografici
References will be indicated in class. However, it is considered important to indicate at least the following texts:
§ Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex
§ Iris Marion Young, Throwing Like a Girl and Other Essays in Feminist Philosophy and Social Theory, Indiana University Press
§ Donna Haraway, Modest_Witness@ Second_Millennium.FemaleMan© Meets_OncoMouse™: Feminism and Technoscience, Routledge
§ Angela Putino, I corpi di mezzo, ombre corte
§ Elizabeth Grosz, Volatile Bodies: Toward a Corporeal Feminism, Indiana University Press
§ Judith Butler, Bodies that Matter, Routledge