philo-
Gk. philo-, comb. form of philos "dear" (adj.), "friend" (n.), from philein "to love," of unknown origin. Productive of a great many compounds in ancient Gk.
sophia
Gk. sophiaσοφία "wisdom," from sophos "wise."
feminist
Feminism is from 1851, but meant at first "state of being feminine;" sense of "advocacy of women's rights" is 1895. Feminist is 1894, from Fr. féministe (1872)
 
society
1531, "friendly association with others," from O.Fr. societe, from L. societatem (nom. societas), from socius "companion"
 

 

THE INAUGURAL ISSUE OF THE philoSOPHIA JOURNAL IS FORTHCOMING!

 

PhiloSOPHIA:  A Journal of Continental Feminism

Considered to be the feminine aspect of God, Sophia, in her fall from grace, was also mythologized as the origin of the material world.  Feminist philosophy has committed itself to rescuscitating and transforming the traditional imagery and symbolic of the feminine; in particular, Continental philosophers such as Irigaray, Kristeva, Beauvoir, Cixous, Le Doeuff, and Arendt, have opened up theoretical discourse on the relation of the feminine to nature, the body, language, and subjectivity. Both independently and in relation to other philosophers, such as Derrida, Foucault, Deleuze, Lyotard, Nietzsche, Hegel, Kant, Lacan, Freud, Heidegger, and Merleau-Ponty, the field of ‘Continental Feminism’ has provided the resources for reconceptualizing the historical legacy of European philosophy.  The journal philoSOPHIA intends to provide a forum for publishing feminist scholarship that draws upon and is inspired by this Continental tradition in philosophy.  philoSOPHIA aims to represent the best in feminist Continental philosophy, thus filling a lacuna in the publishing world.

Elaine Miller and Emily Zakin, Co-Editors
Dept. of Philosophy, Miami University
Oxford, OH 45056
zakinea AT muohio DOT edu ; millerep AT muohio DOT edu

 

Welcome to the philoSOPHIA website.

We thank you for visiting our website. Currently, the site is still under development. Please bear with us, browse around, and feel free to make suggestions!

 

 

 

 

About Us | Site Map | Privacy Policy | Contact Us | ©2007 philoSOPHIA-afs.org