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By Ann Lucas, Published on 09/01/05
By Ann Lucas, Published on 09/01/05
become an independent dimension to infinitely investigate. Trivett is particularly drawn to world culture, philosophy, nature, and Art to explore the problems of the world and larger ideas of the human
questions, chief among them is what these two conflicts, separated as they were by a century of technological, political, military, and cultural change, have in common that would clarify research into Holmes ... , unaccountable to voters, sought to institute the equality that could not be achieved through the political processes?42 Another such claim that does not withstand scrutiny is that empathy is “a signal virtue in
“like us.”6 Instead, my claim is that the subjectivity and experiences of cows are their own sources of value with which a legal and political account of our most natural and necessary food must contend ... feminist and other justice projects, this Section seeks to expose what looks natural as political, what looks private as public, and what looks wholesome by hegemonic standards as oppressive when viewed from
, and concludes that women’s rights are largely compatible with Shari’a provided the right social and political conditions exist. ... joined in a concerted effort to advance women’s rights throughout the world. The drafting and implementation of multilateral international treaties such as the International Covenant on Civil and Political
personal or 22 Jagger, supra note 17, at 146; see also Jane Flax, Political Philosophy and the Patriarchal Unconscious: A PsychoanalyticPerspectiveon Epistemology and Metaphysics, in DISCOVERING REALITY ... truth in Western philosophy and culture: the correspondence theory of truth. The correspondence theory holds that a proposition is true if, and only if, it accurately describes the nature of objective
Under this view, the norms regulating traditional marriage can complicate the lives of those rights-holders resisting such a notion of kinship. Much as social and political discourse stigmatizes black ... them through political rhetoric. In Part II, I explore Franke’s analysis of the gay rights movement and its strategic elision of gay sexual subjectivity, linking this to the epistemic violence wrought by
treatise on economics and political science by ancient Indian philosopher Kautilya (400 BCE–200 CE), mentions the term kliba, “imperfectly translated as eunuch,” intended to refer to transvestites.40 In fact ... through a British social, political, and moral filter.55 This filter, in turn, produced not merely a translation but a lingual interpretation of these texts by the colonizer.56 In the words of Shane Gannon
, and concludes that women’s rights are largely compatible with Shari’a provided the right social and political conditions exist. ... joined in a concerted effort to advance women’s rights throughout the world. The drafting and implementation of multilateral international treaties such as the International Covenant on Civil and Political
redeployed in the circuit of accumulation.17 Both consumer advocates and economists across the political spectrum recognize this resuscitation of the circuit of accumulation by bankruptcy. 18 The first ... political discourse, is inescapably gendered. And even in neutrality, it is not the harm to single mothers as debtors but as creditors in service of their children that creates the “quarrel.” They only become
, when culture is used as a rationale for legal or political decisions, it requires careful unpacking and scrutiny. It also requires skepticism. While cultural defenses are often alibis for political ... particular and discreet set of political choices about how to arrange the rights and obligations within society. These choices are not determined a priori by a cultural script, but rather are arrived at
, when culture is used as a rationale for legal or political decisions, it requires careful unpacking and scrutiny. It also requires skepticism. While cultural defenses are often alibis for political ... particular and discreet set of political choices about how to arrange the rights and obligations within society. These choices are not determined a priori by a cultural script, but rather are arrived at
the twentieth century—particularly so with the rise of “gender-based medicine” in the 1990s. Even as lesbian, gay, and bisexual rights came to the fore of the political discourse of the 1990s, popular ... “opposites,” was a bestseller.20 Political arguments about “gay rights” flourished while RuPaul’s drag was considered scandalous on the pages of Sassy and Jane magazines.21 Within this 1990s American media
. Denise Schaeffer , Feminism and Liberalism Reconsidered: The Case of Catharine MacKinnon, 95 AM. POLITICAL SCIENCE REV . 699 , 702 ( September 2001 ). 117. See POLITICS , PHILOSOPHY, CULTURE, supranote 1 ... feminist intellectual circles and has t 1. LA FOLIE ENCERLEE (Change Collective 1977), reprinted in POLITICS, PHILOSOPHY, CULTURE: INTERVIEWS AND OTHER WRITINGS 1977-1984 200 (Lawrence Kritzman ed., 1988
. As in many other countries, the health system has been largely insulated from political accountability. In addition to this lack of accountability, the overwhelming control that religious groups ... , especially the Catholic and Evangelical Churches, hold over the legislative and executive branches of government has blocked the advancement of SRHR reforms. Peru faced extreme levels of civil and political
, a Ugandan national, sought political asylum in Minnesota on the grounds of sexual orientation and social group membership. I U.S. immigration authorities also view individual opposition to female ... genital cutting 6 as a potential ground for political asylum to young women who seek refuge in this country. 7 In 1996, Fauziya Kassindja 8 was granted political asylum based on her fear of genital
. Home is a concept with nearly universal resonance and almost as many differing interpretations. It is also a concept contested with perhaps atypical force in the current political moment. We’ve been ... asking people about home for months now and are always struck by the depth and breadth of their answers. From the sensory, it smells a certain way, to the political, my home is divided by borders, to the
an article in a philosophy journal which used the question "But would that still be me?" to explore the idea of race, gender, and ethnicity as sources of "ethical identity." 6 The author, Anthony ... ?" Notes on Gender, "Race," Ethnicity, as Sources of Identity, 87 J Philosophy 493 (Oct 1990). 7 See Section on "Ethical Identity and Acts of Betrayal" infra. 8 Appiah, 87 J Philosophy at 498 (cited in note
National Right to Life Committee (NRLC).34 This philosophy shaped the NRLC’s pre-Roe statement of purpose, which asserted that the organization was “in favor of a legal system that protects the life of the ... to show its support “for the well being of children and families, not just their existence at a subsistence level.”49 ACCL members played an important part in political struggles focused on pregnancy
