Elizabeth Brake is an

American American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, pe ...

philosopher A philosopher is a person who practices or investigates philosophy. The term ''philosopher'' comes from the grc, φιλόσοφος, , translit=philosophos, meaning 'lover of wisdom'. The coining of the term has been attributed to the Greek th ...

and Professor of Philosophy at

Rice University William Marsh Rice University (Rice University) is a Private university, private research university in Houston, Houston, Texas. It is on a 300-acre campus near the Houston Museum District and adjacent to the Texas Medical Center. Rice is ranke ...

. She is known for her works on

ethics Ethics or moral philosophy is a branch of philosophy that "involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior".''Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy'' The field of ethics, along with aesthetics, concerns m ...

and

political philosophy Political philosophy or political theory is the philosophical study of government, addressing questions about the nature, scope, and legitimacy of public agents and institutions and the relationships between them. Its topics include politics, l ...

. Brake coined the term

amatonormativity Amatonormativity is the set of societal assumptions that everyone prospers with an exclusive romantic relationship. Elizabeth Brake coined the neologism to capture societal assumptions about Romance (love), romance. Brake wanted to describe th ...

to describe the widespread, but false, belief that everyone is better off in an exclusive, romantic, long-term coupled relationship, and that everyone is seeking such a relationship. Her book ''

Minimizing Marriage '' Minimizing Marriage: Marriage, Morality, and the Law '' is a 2012 book by Elizabeth Brake in which the author provides an "in-depth examination of marriage, within the context of contemporary ethical and political theory." Reception The book w ...

'' received Honorable Mention for the American Philosophical Association Book Prize in 2014. Brake is the editor-in-chief of the ''

Journal of Applied Philosophy The ''Journal of Applied Philosophy'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the Society for Applied Philosophy and edited by Elizabeth Brake (Rice University). It covers a broad spectrum of issues in all a ...

''.

Books

* '' Minimizing Marriage: Marriage, Morality, and the Law'', Oxford University Press, 2012. * ''Philosophical Foundations of Children’s and Family Law'', edited with Lucinda Ferguson, Oxford University Press, 2018. * '' After Marriage: Rethinking Marital Relationships'' (ed.), Oxford University Press, 2016.

References

External links

Brake's personal website
Living people 21st-century American philosophers American philosophy academics Philosophy writers Rice University faculty Philosophers of sexuality American women philosophers Arizona State University faculty Academic staff of the University of Calgary Auburn University faculty American political philosophers Feminist philosophers Philosophers of love Kant scholars Hegel scholars Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-philosopher-stub