Iris Marion Young was a world-renowned feminist moral and political philosopher whose many books and articles spanned more than three decades. She explored issues of social justice and oppression theory, the phenomenology of women's bodies, deliberative democracy and questions of terrorism, violence, international law and the role of the national security state. Her works have been of great interest to those both in the analytic and Continental philosophical tradition, and her roots range from critical theory (Habermas and Marcuse), and phenomenology (Beauvoir and Merleau Ponty) to poststructural psychoanalytic feminism (Kristeva and Ingaray). This anthology of writings aims to carry on the fruitful lines of thought she created and contains works by both well-known and younger authors who explore and engage critically with aspects of her work. The essays include personal remembrances as well as a last interview with Young about her work. The essays are organized into topic areas that are of interest to students in advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in ethics, feminist theory, and political philosophy.
Author(s): Ann Ferguson, Mechthild Nagel
Year: 2009
Language: English
Pages: 280
Contents......Page 6
Contributors......Page 8
PART I: HOMAGE TO IRIS MARION YOUNG......Page 12
1. Introduction......Page 14
2. When I Think about Myself as Politically Engaged, I Think of Myself as a Citizen: Interview with Iris Marion Young......Page 32
3. Letter to Iris Young......Page 44
PART II: EMBODIMENT, PHENOMENOLOGY, AND GENDER......Page 50
4. Iris Young and the Gendering of Phenomenology......Page 52
5. Resonance and Dissonance: The Role of Personal Experience in Iris Marion Young’s Feminist Phenomenology......Page 64
6. Throwing Like a Girl, Dancing Like a Feminist Philosopher......Page 80
7. Iris Marion Young: Between Phenomenology and Structural Injustice......Page 90
PART III: THEORIZING THE STATE: METHOD, VIOLENCE, AND RESISTANCE......Page 104
8. L’Imagination au pouvoir : Comparing John Rawls’s Method of Ideal Theory with Iris Marion Young’s Method of Critical Theory......Page 106
9. Between Democracy and Violence and the Problem of Military Humanitarian Interventions......Page 114
10. Engendering [In]Security and Terror: On the “Protection Racket” of Security States......Page 128
PART IV: JUSTICE: ETHICS AND RESPONSIBILITY......Page 142
11. Iris Young’s Last Thoughts on Responsibility for Global Justice......Page 144
12. Injustice, Evil, and Oppression......Page 158
13. The Faces of Animal Oppression......Page 172
14. Making Character Disposition Matter in Iris Young’s Deliberative Democracy......Page 184
PART V: JUSTICE: DEMOCRACY AND INCLUSION......Page 194
15. Iris Young, Global Responsibility, and Solidarity......Page 196
16. Varieties of Global Responsibility: Social Connection, Human Rights, and Transnational Solidarity......Page 210
17. On Immigration Politics in the Context of European Societies and the Structural Inequality Mode......Page 224
18. Women’s Work Trips and Multifaceted Oppression......Page 240
Works of Iris Marion Young......Page 254
General Bibliography......Page 256
B......Page 270
D......Page 271
F......Page 272
H......Page 273
J......Page 274
M......Page 275
P......Page 276
S......Page 277
W......Page 279
