Inclinations: A Critique of Rectitude

In this new and accessible book, Italy's best known feminist philosopher examines the moral and political significance of vertical posture in order to rethink subjectivity in terms of inclination. Contesting the classical figure of homo erectus or "upright man," Adriana Cavarero proposes an altruistic, open model of the subject--one who is inclined toward others. Contrasting the masculine upright with the feminine inclined, she references philosophical texts (by Plato, Thomas Hobbes, Immanuel Kant, Hannah Arendt, Elias Canetti, and others) as well as works of art (Barnett Newman, Leonardo da Vinci, Artemisia Gentileschi, and Alexander Rodchenko) and literature (Marcel Proust and Virginia Woolf).

Author: Adriana Cavarero
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 11/02/2016
Series: Square One: First-Order Questions in the Humanities
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.6lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9781503600409