Philosophy and Vulnerability

Catherine Breillat, Joan Didion, and Audre Lorde

Dr. Matthew R. McLennan

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English

Bloomsbury Academic
21 February 2019

Film theory & criticism; Phenomenology & Existentialism; Ethics & moral philosophy; Feminism & feminist theory

Issues surrounding precarity, debility and vulnerability are now of central concern to philosophers as we try and navigate an increasingly uncertain world. Matthew R. McLennan delves into these subjects enthusiastically and sensitively, presenting a vision of the discipline of philosophy which is grounded in real, lived experience.

Developing an invigorating, if at times painful, sense of the finitude and fragility of human life, Philosophy and Vulnerability provocatively marshals three disciplinary “nonphilosophers” to make its argument: French filmmaker and novelist Catherine Breillat, journalist and masterful cultural commentator Joan Didion and feminist poet and civil rights activist Audre Lorde. Through this encounter, this book suggests ways in which rigorous attention to difference and diversity must nourish a militant philosophical universalism in the future.

By: Dr. Matthew R. McLennan
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9781350004153
ISBN 10: 1350004154
Pages: 200
Publication Date: 21 February 2019
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Acknowledgments Introduction: Toward a Definition of Philosophy which Incorporates Vulnerability Chapter 1. Catherine Breillat I: An Erotic Suspension of the Ethical Chapter 2. Joan Didion: Becoming Frail Chapter 3. Audre Lorde: We must learn to count the living with that same particular attention with which we number the dead Chapter 4. Catherine Breillat II: Embrace of Weakness? Conclusion: Vulnerability and the Profession Notes Bibliography Index

Matthew R. McLennan is Assistant Professor in the School of Ethics, Social Justice and Public Service, Saint Paul University / Université Saint-Paul, Canada.

Reviews for Philosophy and Vulnerability: Catherine Breillat, Joan Didion, and Audre Lorde

As a discipline, philosophy too often alibis the hyperbolic sense of autonomy, self-interest, and instrumentality that undergird the supposed common sense of capitalism. As an antidote, Matthew McLennan argues that the ability to philosophize itself relies on vulnerability-both in our finitude and our relationships with others, and in the kinds of egalitarian social solidarity that not only make these relationships possible, but desirable. -- Devin Shaw