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Iris Marion Young (2 January 1949 – 1 August 2006) was an American political theorist and socialist feminist [1] who focused on the nature of justice and social difference.
"Throwing like a Girl: A Phenomenology of Feminine Body Comportment Motility and Spatiality" is a 1980 essay by political philosopher and feminist Iris Marion Young which examines differences in feminine and masculine norms of movement in the context of a gendered and embodied phenomenological perspective.
A serial conception of woman also disconnects the idea of gender from an individual's personal identity, as it defines gender as a pre-existing set of societal forces that are visited upon each individual; this approach does not make any claims about the way individuals respond to these pressures. Indeed, the conception of gender as seriality ...
Inclusion and Democracy is a 2002 book by Iris Marion Young, published by Oxford University Press. [1] In the book, Young considers democracy in a multicultural society, and recommends paths to more inclusive engagement in democratic politics.
Young girls have long been a vulnerable group. But in the past few years, alarming trends have been witnessed that need to be swiftly addressed by families, communities, and society as a whole ...
Research and theory development on social oppression has advanced apace since the 1980s with the publication of seminal books and articles, and the cross-pollination of ideas and discussion among diverse disciplines, such as feminism, sociology, psychology, philosophy, and political science. Nonetheless, more fully understanding the problem ...
Meehan's research primarily focused on critical theory, psychoanalysis, feminist theory, self-development, and Hannah Arendt. [2] She authored and edited the book Feminists Read Habermas: Gendering the Subject of Discourse. [3] She received the Grinnell College Harris Fellowship in 1993 to conduct research on male and female ego development. [4]
[10]: 163 Iris Marion Young distinguished between the notions of "group" and "series", with a "group" being defined by one's own acknowledgment of being a member and a series being a passive social reality. Lewis argues that most groups of white people are a series rather in this sense rather than a group.