Biography:Moira Gatens

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Short description: Australian philosopher and academic
Moira Gatens

Born (1954-06-30) 30 June 1954 (age 70)
Sydney, Australia
NationalityAustralia n
OccupationProfessor
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of New South Wales (Ph.D)
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Sydney
Main interestsFeminist philosophy, Political philosophy, Philosophy and Literature

Moira Gatens FAHA FASSA is an Australian academic feminist philosopher and current Challis Professor of Philosophy at the University of Sydney. She previously held the Spinoza Chair at the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Biography

Academic career

Gatens served as president of the Australasian Association of Philosophy in 2011. She was appointed in her current position as Challis Professor of Philosophy in 2012.[1][2]

Gatens was elected Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia in 1999[3] and of the Australian Academy of the Humanities in 2010.[4]

Select publications

  • Feminism and Philosophy: Perspectives on Difference and Equality United Kingdom, Polity Press, 1991 ISBN:9780745604701
  • Imaginary Bodies: Ethics, Power and Corporeality. United Kingdom: Routledge, 1996. ISBN:978-0415082105
  • Feminist Interpretations of Benedict Spinoza. United States: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2009. ISBN:9780271035161
  • Spinoza's Hard Path to Freedom. Assen, Netherlands, Royal Van Gorcum, 2011. ISBN:9789023249399

References

External links

Further reading

  • Walsh, Mary (2004-07-01). "Twenty years since 'a critique of the sex/gender distinction': a conversation with Moira Gatens". Australian Feminist Studies 19 (44): 213–224. doi:10.1080/0816464042000226447. ISSN 0816-4649. 
  • Feminist Legal Studies: Revisiting the Continental Shelf: Moira Gatens on Law, Religion, and Human Rights in Eliot, Feuerbach, and Spinoza. doi:10.1007/s10691-011-9167-4
  • Laurie, Timothy (2019), 'Thinking Without Monsters: The Role of Philosophy in Moira Gatens' [1]
  • Richardson-Self, Louise (2019), 'Reflections on Imagination and Embodiment in the Work of Moira Gatens, 1983-2008' [2]



  1. Laurie, Timothy (2019), "Thinking Without Monsters: The Role of Philosophy in Moira Gatens", Parrhesia: A Journal of Critical Philosophy 30, https://www.academia.edu/35991434 
  2. Richardson-Self, Louise (2019), "Reflections on Imagination and Embodiment in the Work of Moira Gatens, 1983-2008", Parrhesia: A Journal of Critical Philosophy 30, https://www.academia.edu/37722573