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The Seduction of the Female Body

Women's Rights in Need of a New Body Politics

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  • © 2013

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  1. Eva Clercq

    1. University of Pisa, Italy

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction

    • Eva De Clercq
    Pages 1-6

  3. Feminism: A Trouble Spot

    • Eva De Clercq
    Pages 7-45

  4. The Adventures of the Body

    • Eva De Clercq
    Pages 46-75

  5. The Problem of Human Vulnerability

    • Eva De Clercq
    Pages 76-115

  6. Bodily Uniqueness and Symbolization

    • Eva De Clercq
    Pages 116-149

  7. Contemporary Society and its Body Politics

    • Eva De Clercq
    Pages 150-171

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 172-191
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Drawing on the ambiguous meaning of the notion of vulnerability, the book offers an innovative approach to the topic of the female body in relation to women's rights; going beyond the age-old dichotomy of casting women as either passive victims or conscious agents.

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  • University of Pisa, Italy

    Eva Clercq

About the author

EVA DE CLERCQ is affiliated with the University of Pisa, Italy and she is Lecturer of Philosophy at the Lorenzo de' Medici Institute in Florence. She is part of the editorial team of Teoria. Rivista di Filosofia fondata di Vittorio Sainati.

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