Overcoming Objectification

A Carnal Ethics

Ann J. Cahill (Elon University, USA)

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Routledge
19 December 2024

Feminism & feminist theory; Sociology

Series: Routledge Research in Gender and Society

The second edition of Overcoming Objectification: A Carnal Ethics provides a critical analysis of the widely used (particularly in feminist philosophy) concept of objectification, and offers a new concept (derivatization) in its stead.

Cahill suggests an abandonment of objectification due to the concept’s dependence on a Kantian ideal of personhood, an ideal that fails to recognize sufficiently the role the body plays in personhood and results in an implicit vilification of the body and sexuality. Phenomena associated with objectification are ethically problematic not because they render women objects, and therefore not-persons, but rather because they construct feminine subjectivity and sexuality as wholly derivative of masculine subjectivity and sexuality. Women are not objectified as much as they are derivatized: turned into a mere reflection or projection of the other. Cahill argues for a sexual ethics grounded in difference, carnality, and intersubjectivity. The preface to the second edition traces new scholarly contributions to conversations regarding sexual ethics, feminist engagements with Kant, intersectionality, and trans philosophy.

With original and far-reaching insights regarding the structure of gender inequality, this work will be of interest to students and scholars in the humanities and social sciences alike and will be of particular use to those interested in sexual ethics, sexual assault, and dominant media representations of gendered bodies.

By: Ann J. Cahill (Elon University USA)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 2nd edition
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 540g
ISBN: 9781032780610
ISBN 10: 1032780614
Series: Routledge Research in Gender and Society
Pages: 178
Publication Date: 19 December 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Ann J. Cahill is Professor of Philosophy and Distinguished University Professor at Elon University. Her research interests lie at the intersection of feminist theory and philosophy of the body. She is the author of Rethinking Rape (2001) and, with Christine Hamel, Sounding Bodies: Identity, Injustice, and the Voice (2021), as well as articles on such topics as beautification, miscarriage, and the ethics of sexual desire.