Rosalyn Diprose is Emeritus Professor of
philosophy
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at
University of New South Wales
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.
A graduate of the
University of Technology Sydney
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,
The University of Sydney
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and
UNSW Sydney
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, she is known for her research on
ethics
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,
embodiment,
generosity
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and
cultural difference
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.
Review of "Merleau-Ponty: Key Concepts"
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See also
*Biopolitics
Biopolitics refers to the political relations between the administration or regulation of the life of species and a locality's populations, where politics and law evaluate life based on perceived constants and traits. French philosopher Michel Fo ...
*Gender performativity
The social construction of gender is a theory in feminism and sociology about the manifestation of cultural origins, mechanisms, and corollaries of gender perception and expression in the context of interpersonal and group social interaction. Spe ...
Bibliography
* Rosalyn Diprose and Jack Reynolds (eds.), ''Merleau-Ponty: Key Concepts'', Acumen, 2008,
* Diprose, Rosalyn, ''Corporeal Generosity: On Giving with Nietzsche, Merleau-Ponty, and Levinas'', SUNY, 2002,
* Diprose, Rosalyn, ''The Bodies of Women: Ethics, Embodiment and Sexual Difference'', Routledge, London, 1994
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