Philosopher
Susan Bordo
Overview
Susan Bordo (born 1947) is an American philosopher. Her work focuses on contemporary cultural studies, with a particular focus on feminist theory. Her scholarship focuses on the intersection of culture and the body, including topics such as eating disorders (including anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa), plastic surgery, ideals of beauty, racism, masculinity, and sexual harassment.
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Philosophers who discussed Susan Bordo
Ideas Susan Bordo discusses
- Feminist theory
- Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
- Philosophy
- Judith Butler
- Mind–body dualism
- Hysteria
- Culture
- Materialism
- Augustine of Hippo
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Plato
- Sexual harassment
- Pulitzer Prize
- Post-structuralism
- René Descartes
- Racism
- Aristotle
- Bible
- Meditations on First Philosophy
- Cultural studies
- Gender
- Beauty
- Michel Foucault
- Literary theory
Place in the tradition
Part of Jewish philosophy.