Bibliograph

Inclinations, a critique of rectitude

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Inclinations, a critique of rectitude

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Inclinations

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Series statement

Square one : first-order questions in the humanities

Sub title

a critique of rectitude

Summary

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)

Target audience

adult

Classification