Ann V. Murphy

My research interests lie principally with the themes of embodiment and violence.  I recently completed my first book manuscript, entitled Violence and the Philosophical Imaginary (forthcoming with SUNY Press), which examines the proliferation of images of violence in philosophical writing on embodiment and identity, particularly in the tradition of Continental feminist theory. 

Primary Research Interests:

• Feminist Theory
• 20th Century Continental Philosophy
• Philosophies of Violence and Nonviolence
• Social and Political Philosophy

Courses Taught:
Gender, Power and Justice
Race and Moral Recognition
Contemporary French Philosophy
Philosophical Ethics
Ethical Dimensions of Contemporary Social Problems
Graduate Seminar: Merleau-Ponty and his Critics
Graduate Seminar: French Feminism

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