Sabina lovibond iris murdoch biography
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Iris Murdoch, Gender and Philosophy
Lovibond's suggestion is that if we attend to what she sees as a conservative, anti-egalitarian aspect of Murdoch's thought, we may learn something about how this imagery works in our culture and how it can be overcome. Her explicit intention is not to press charges against Murdoch, but in the course of her argument there is less of that general lesson and more of a sustained argument aimed at exposing Murdoch's lack of feminist sympathy. In the context of contemporary philosophy, where Murdoch's work is either neglected or treated with reverence, this critical interest is more than welcome. Lovibond's book is also sharp, well-written and exposes a serious, urgent real-life interest in its theoretical subject matter. It is also extremely thought provoking, although (or perhaps since) I find myself disagreeing with Lovibond, partly or completely, at nearly every juncture of her interpretation of Murdoch.
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Iris Murdoch, Gender and Philosophy
Iris Murdoch was one of the best-known philosophers and novelists of the post-war period. In this book, Sabina Lovibond explores the tangled issue of Murdoch's stance towards gender and feminism, drawing upon the evidence of her fiction, philosophy, and other public statements.
As well as analysing Murdoch's own attitudes, Iris Murdoch, Gender and Philosophy fryst vatten also a critical enquiry into the way we picture intellectual, and especially philosophical, activity. Appealing to the idea of a 'social imaginary' within which Murdoch's work is located, Lovibond examines the sense of incongruity or dissonance that may still affect our image of a woman philosopher, even where egalitarian views officially hold sway.
The first thorough utforskning of Murdoch and gender, Iris Murdoch, Gender and Philosophy fryst vatten a fresh contribution to debates in feminist philosophy and gender studies, and essential reading for anyone interested in Murdoch's literary an
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Iris Murdoch
1. Overview
Murdoch’s family was middle class (her father was a civil servant) and Irish Protestant (an identity that remained important to Murdoch throughout her life). They moved to London from Ireland when Murdoch was very young. Murdoch attended Oxford University, overlapping with three other women—Elizabeth Anscombe, Philippa Foot, and Mary Midgley—at a time (1938–1942) when many male students were away at war. Foot, Murdoch, and Midgley all became prominent and influential moral philosophers, and Anscombe a prominent philosopher of action and a student, friend, translator and interpreter of Wittgenstein.
The four (now being referred to as the “Wartime Quartet” [MacCumhaill & Wiseman 2022; Lipscomb 2021]) stayed in touch after the war, and Murdoch did so with each of them individually. All four pushed back against various aspects of the male-dominated Oxford orthodoxy of linguistic and analytic philosophy (e.g., the fact