Rosalyn Diprose is Emeritus Professor of
philosophy
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at
University of New South Wales
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The university comprises seven faculties, through which it offers bachelor's, master's and docto ...
.
A graduate of the
University of Technology Sydney
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,
The University of Sydney
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and
UNSW Sydney, she is known for her research on
ethics
Ethics is the philosophy, philosophical study of Morality, moral phenomena. Also called moral philosophy, it investigates Normativity, normative questions about what people ought to do or which behavior is morally right. Its main branches inclu ...
,
embodiment,
generosity
Generosity (also called largesse) is the virtue of being liberal in charity (practice), giving, often as gifts. Generosity is regarded as a virtue by various world religions and List of philosophies, philosophies and is often celebrated in cultur ...
and
cultural difference.
Review of "Merleau-Ponty: Key Concepts"
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See also
*Biopolitics
Biopolitics is a concept popularized by the French philosopher Michel Foucault in the mid-20th century. At its core, biopolitics explores how governmental power operates through the management and regulation of a population's bodies and lives.
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*Gender performativity
The social construction of gender is a theory in the humanities and social sciences about the manifestation of cultural origins, mechanisms, and corollaries of gender perception and expression in the context of interpersonal and group social inter ...
Bibliography
* Rosalyn Diprose and Jack Reynolds (eds.), ''Merleau-Ponty: Key Concepts'', Acumen, 2008,
* Diprose, Rosalyn, ''Corporeal Generosity: On Giving with Nietzsche, Merleau-Ponty, and Levinas'', SUNY, 2002,
* Diprose, Rosalyn, ''The Bodies of Women: Ethics, Embodiment and Sexual Difference'', Routledge, London, 1994
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20th-century Australian philosophers
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Living people
Australian political philosophers
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Heidegger scholars
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