Moira Gatens

Moira Gatens
Born (1954-06-30) 30 June 1954
Sydney, Australia
Nationality Australian
Occupation Professor
Academic background
Alma mater University of New South Wales (Ph.D)
Academic work
Institutions University of Sydney
Main interests Feminist philosophy, Political philosophy, Philosophy and Literature

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

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] She is perhaps best known for her work on feminist philosophy - especially on the place of women in philosophy - for political theory and her unique and original readings of Spinoza's ethics and politics. She is also the most accessible and recognisable proponent of the importance of the place of women in Australian philosophy, having championed numerous graduates and undergraduates in feminist philosophy.

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

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

  • Walsh, M., Gatens, M. (2004), Twenty years since 'A Critique of the sex/gender Distinction': A conversation with Moira Gatens.
  • Feminist Legal Studies: Revisiting the Continental Shelf: Moira Gatens on Law, Religion, and Human Rights in Eliot, Feuerbach, and Spinoza. doi:10.1007/s10691-011-9167-4
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