On the Feminist Philosophy of Gillian Howie Materialism and Mortality [Hardcover]

Over three decades, Gillian Howie wrote at the forefront of philosophy and critical theory, before her untimely death in 2013. This interdisciplinary collection uses her writings to explore the productive, yet often resistant, interrelationship between feminism and critical theory, examining the potential of Howie's particular form of materialism. The contributors also bring to this debate a serious engagement with Howie's late turn towards philosophies of mortality, therapy and 'living with dying'. The volume considers how differently embodied subjects are positioned within public institutions, discourses and spaces, and the role of philosophy, art, film, photography, and literature, in facing situations such as sexual oppression and life-limiting illness.

Victoria Browneis Lecturer in Politics at Oxford Brookes University, UK. She has published articles on feminist philosophy, temporality, and memory, and is the author ofFeminism, Time and Nonlinear History(2014).

Daniel Whistleris Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Liverpool, UK, and Humboldt Research Fellow at the Westf?lische-Wilhelms Universit?t, M?nster, Germany. He is the author ofSchelling's Theory of Symbolic Language(2013) and co-author ofThe Right to Wear Religious Symbols(2013).

Acknowledgements
Notes on the Contributors

Editors' Introduction
Gillian Howie's Philosophies of Embodied Practice, Victoria Browne and Daniel Whistler

Part One: Feminism, Materialism, Critical Theory
Chapter One
When Feminist Philosophy Met Critical Theory: Gillian Howie's Historical Materialism, Stella Sandford
Chapter Two
Feminist Knowledge and Feminist Politics: Reflections on Howie and Late Feminism, Kimberly Hutchings
Chapter Three
Between Negative Dialectics and Sexual Difference: Generative Conjunctures in the Thinking of Gillian Howie, Joanna Hodge
Chapter Four
Scholarly Time and Feminist Time: Gillian Howie on Edul9