Shannon Bell (born 5 July 1955) is a Canadian performance philosopher who lives and writes philosophy-in-action, experimental philosophy. Bell is also professor and graduate programme director in the

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Political Science Department,

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, Canada. She teaches

postmodern theory Brian Duignan writes on the ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' that Postmodern philosophy is a philosophical movement that arose in the second half of the 20th century as a critical response to assumptions allegedly present in modernist philosophical i ...

, fast feminism,

sexual politics ''Sexual Politics'' is the debut book by American writer and activist Kate Millett, based on her PhD dissertation. It was published in 1970 by Doubleday (publisher), Doubleday. It is regarded as a classic of feminism and one of radical feminis ...

, cyber politics,

identity politics Identity politics is a political approach wherein people of a particular race, nationality, religion, gender, sexual orientation, social background, social class, or other identifying factors develop political agendas that are based upon these i ...

and violent philosophy.

Research

Bell is researching extreme science and art for her book entitled ''Fast Bodies''; this research is funded by

Social Science and Humanities Research Council The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC; french: Conseil de recherches en sciences humaines du Canada, CRSH) is a Canadian federal research-funding agency that promotes and supports post-secondary research and traini ...

(SSHRC). Bell's most recent on-going research project Shooting Theory (2007–20) brings together digital video technology and print textual philosophy/theory through imaging philosophical/theoretical concepts. Bell's research also includes: applying continental and post-structural theory to bio, techno and performance artists' artwork and thinkers' body of work; aspects of sexuality; and, General Semantics.

Bibliography

;Books * * * * * * * Gad Horowitz and Shannon Bell, eds (2016). ''The Book of Radical General Semantics'' (Delhi: Pencraft International) . Co-authored Book Brenda Cossman, Shannon Bell, Lise Gotell, Becki Ross (2017) Bad Attitude\s on Trial: Pornography, Feminism and the Butler Decision (Toronto: University of Toronto Press) epublished in The Canadian 150 Collection Brenda Cossman, Shannon Bell, Lise Gotell, Becki Ross (1997) Bad Attitude\s on Trial: Pornography, Feminism and the Butler Decision (Toronto: University of Toronto Press).

External links

York University page
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Research

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