Meta(l)morphoses

Article Abstract:

Gilles Deleuze's philosophy of becoming requires that the person or object shed all externally applied identities, making white men the closest to becoming while women and minorities must shed all identities given by men. The characterization of women and minorities as other can be seen even in fictional projections of the future because both groups are linked to aliens and monsters. Modern humans have yet to attain Deleuze's concept of becoming because people are still starting from unequal points in attempting self-representation.

Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Deleuze, Gilles, Becoming (Philosophy)

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Posthuman, all too human: Towards a new process ontology

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A review of Donna Haraway's works is presented, with a discussion on her vision of cyborgs, nomadic subjects, and her post-secular thoughts. It is argued that the hyper-reality of the nomadic or cyborg post-human predicament makes it necessary to work towards a radical redefinition of political action, and that postmodernity rests on the paradox of simultaneous commodification and conformism of cultures, while intensifying disparities and structural inequalities.

Portrayals, Criticism and interpretation, Works, Women writers, Women authors, Biological literature, Cyborgs, Haraway, Donna Jeanne

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Response to Dick Pels

Article Abstract:

This article responds to remarks made by Dick Pels concerning scholarly work and poststructuralist philosophies of subjectivity. Topics discussed include a defense of the politicizing of language, epistemology, and feminist theory.

Methods, Practice, Intellectuals, Feminist criticism, Sociology, Sociological methods, Marginality, Social, Social marginality, Universals (Philosophy), Universals and individuals (Philosophy)

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