Inclinations

A Critique of Rectitude

Adriana Cavarero, Adam Sitze, Amanda Minervini

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Stanford University Press
02 November 2016

Theory of art; Literature: history & criticism

Series: Square One: First-Order Questions in the Humanities

"In this new and accessible book, Italy's best known feminist philosopher examines the moral and political significance of vertical posture in order to rethink subjectivity in terms of inclination. Contesting the classical figure of homo erectus or ""upright man,"" Adriana Cavarero proposes an altruistic, open model of the subject-one who is inclined toward others. Contrasting the masculine upright with the feminine inclined, she references philosophical texts (by Plato, Thomas Hobbes, Immanuel Kant, Hannah Arendt, Elias Canetti, and others) as well as works of art (Barnett Newman, Leonardo da Vinci, Artemisia Gentileschi, and Alexander Rodchenko) and literature (Marcel Proust and Virginia Woolf)."

By: Adriana Cavarero
Translated by: Adam Sitze, Amanda Minervini
Imprint: Stanford University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 386g
ISBN: 9780804792189
ISBN 10: 0804792186
Series: Square One: First-Order Questions in the Humanities
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 02 November 2016
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Adriana Cavarero is Professor of Political Philosophy at the University of Verona. Her books in English include For More than One Voice (Stanford, 2005) and Horrorism (2008).

Reviews for Inclinations: A Critique of Rectitude

Inclinations bears all the marks of Cavarero's work more generally: rigorous argumentation, a style at once direct and playful, a wide-ranging command of the philosophical tradition, combined with trenchant feminist critique. Barbara Spackman, University of California at Berkeley