Bøker av Stella Sandford

Sandford argues that an over-emphasis on ethics in examinations of Levinas' thought has covered over his philosophical project - a metaphysics which affirms the necessity to think of an unqualifed transcendence as a first principle. She also presents a feminist critique.

"One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman."-Simone de Beauvoir

What does the study of Plato s dialogues tell us about the modern meaning of sex ? How can recent developments in the philosophy of sex and gender help us read these ancient texts anew? Plato and Sex addresses these questions for the first time.

'These [How to Read] books let you encounter thinkers eyeball to eyeball by analysing passages from their work' Terry Eagleton, New Statesman