Moira Gatens

Moira Gatens is an Australian academic feminist philosopher and current Challis Professor of Philosophy at the University of Sydney. Gatens is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities and she previously held the Spinoza Chair at the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Moira Gatens
Born (1954-06-30) 30 June 1954
Sydney, Australia
NationalityAustralian
OccupationProfessor
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of New South Wales (Ph.D)
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Sydney
Main interestsFeminist philosophy, Political philosophy, Philosophy and Literature

Biography

Academic career

Gatens served as President of the Australasian Association of Philosophy in 2011. She was appointed in her current position as Challis Professor of Philosophy in 2012.[1][2]

Select publications

  • Feminism and Philosophy: Perspectives on Difference and Equality United Kingdom, Polity Press, 1991 ISBN 9780745604701
  • Imaginary Bodies: Ethics, Power and Corporeality. United Kingdom: Routledge, 1996. ISBN 978-0415082105
  • Feminist Interpretations of Benedict Spinoza. United States: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2009. ISBN 9780271035161
  • Spinoza's Hard Path to Freedom. Assen, Netherlands, Royal Van Gorcum, 2011. ISBN 9789023249399
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References

  1. "CfH Lectures, Speakers, Moira Gatens". Utrecht University, Netherlands. 27 May 2010. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  2. "Professor Moira Gatens". University of Sydney, Australia. 11 April 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2018.

Further reading

  1. Laurie, Timothy (2019), "Thinking Without Monsters: The Role of Philosophy in Moira Gatens", Parrhesia: A Journal of Critical Philosophy, 30
  2. Richardson-Self, Louise (2019), "Reflections on Imagination and Embodiment in the Work of Moira Gatens, 1983-2008", Parrhesia: A Journal of Critical Philosophy, 30
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