ABOUT THIS BOOK

Placing pressure on what it means to “do” feminist philosophy, Feminist Making, Doing, and Sensing offers an innovative and critical rethinking of feminist philosophical practice and feminist philosophy as a disciplinary field of thought. The collection raises questions about how disciplines are made, how philosophy gets done, and the collaborative nature of thinking. Seeking to decenter disciplinary norms about content, authority, and belonging, this collection disrupts the status quo of feminist philosophy through its insistence on formal experimentation and creative methods as well as its refusal to take philosophy and its disciplinary attachments at face value. The essays argue for ways of thinking, making, and doing philosophy that are participatory, relational, somatic, affective, sonorous, and sensorial, often looking to experimental and art-based practices such as film, music, poetry, comedy, crocheting, and more. Meant to encourage a collaborative dialogue with readers, several essays conclude with prompts, exercises, and activities, inviting readers to participate in creative philosophical making alongside their own practices.

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY

Lauren Guilmette is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Elon University.

Ada S. Jaarsma is Professor of Philosophy at Mount Royal University.

REVIEWS

“This wonderful collection, abuzz with energy, teaches us that feminist philosophy is not just about how we know but what we do. It offers a much-needed reminder of the creative sparks that come for fighting not just for space but each other. If you want to learn how to create new ways of being together by pulling on old materials and shared resources, this one is for you.”
-- Sara Ahmed, author of The Feminist Killjoy Handbook: The Radical Potential of Getting in the Way

“Forget the Philosopher Kings—here is a book, finally, for the many-gendered Process Queens among us! Care-ful, tender, capacious, and provocative, Feminist Making, Doing, and Sensing offers a strong case for the world-shifting that an experiential, embodied, processual approach to philosophical practice makes possible.”
-- Hil Malatino, author of Side Affects: On Being Trans and Feeling Bad

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