Ingeborg W. Owesen

Det finnes lite litteratur om kvinnelige filosofer, spesielt på norsk, og det er lite litteratur om og av kvinnelige filosofer på pensum i høyere utdanning. I denne boken presenterer derfor Ingeborg W. Owesen tolv utvalgte kvinnelige tenkere, fra antikken og fram til i dag. Vi blir kjent med hva disse filosofene tenkte og skrev, får vite mer om livet de levde og hvordan det overhodet har vært mulig for dem å ytre seg filosofisk. Ved å gi kvinnelige filosofer mer oppmerksomhet og gjøre dem mer tilgjengelige, blir det lettere å studere og diskutere arbeidene deres. Et viktig formål med denne boken er å bidra til at kvinnelige tenkere får en større – og mer rettmessig – plass i filosofihistorien. Ingeborg W. Owesen har doktorgrad i filosofi og er seniorrådgiver i Forskningsrådet. Hun har utgitt The Genealogy of Modern Feminist Thinking – Feminism as Historical Present (2021), Norsk likestillingshistorie (2013, medforfatter), og Kjønn og akademia – på vei mot BALANSE? (2022, medredaktør og medforfatter).

Within much contemporary feminist theory there is a tendency to forget or ignore its own historicity and consider itself as primarily oriented towards the present. This book explores the historical roots of some of feminism’s central concepts and debates, examining the philosophical conditions for feminist thought and taking as its point of departure the dynamic relationship between feminist thought and the history of philosophy. With close attention to the genealogy of key concepts such as equality, sex/gender and di?erence, alongside discussions of contemporary gender equality policy and contextual understandings of central ?gures including Wollstonecraft, Beauvoir and Irigaray, The Genealogy of Modern Feminist Thinking provides an analysis of feminism from its origins in the Early Modern period to its contemporary, post-modern forms. Shedding light on feminism as a product of Modernity and establishing it as part of the canon of European intellectual development, this book thus corrects the picture of feminism as a phenomenon that lacks historical continuity, revealing a history characterized by breaks, setbacks and forgetting, in which the forgetting itself forms part of a rich genealogy. As such, it will be of interest to philosophers, sociologists, political theorists and intellectual historians alike.

Within much contemporary feminist theory there is a tendency to forget or ignore its own historicity and consider itself as primarily oriented towards the present. This book explores the historical roots of some of feminism’s central concepts and debates, examining the philosophical conditions for feminist thought and taking as its point of departure the dynamic relationship between feminist thought and the history of philosophy. With close attention to the genealogy of key concepts such as equality, sex/gender and di?erence, alongside discussions of contemporary gender equality policy and contextual understandings of central ?gures including Wollstonecraft, Beauvoir and Irigaray, The Genealogy of Modern Feminist Thinking provides an analysis of feminism from its origins in the Early Modern period to its contemporary, post-modern forms. Shedding light on feminism as a product of Modernity and establishing it as part of the canon of European intellectual development, this book thus corrects the picture of feminism as a phenomenon that lacks historical continuity, revealing a history characterized by breaks, setbacks and forgetting, in which the forgetting itself forms part of a rich genealogy. As such, it will be of interest to philosophers, sociologists, political theorists and intellectual historians alike.

Kjønnslikestilling, som Norge nå eksporterer ut i verden på linje med fisk og olje, har ikke lang fartstid i Norge. Da Norge fikk en egen grunnlov i 1814, var det så selvsagt at kvinner ikke hadde stemmerett at man ikke trengte å presisere det. I 1913 fikk kvinner stemmerett på linje med menn. Hvordan og hvorfor skjedde dette? Og hva har skjedd i de hundre årene etterpå, som gjør at Norge i dag kalles et likestillingsland? Norsk likestillingshistorie gir en bred framstilling av hvordan kulturelle, sosiale og økonomiske forhold spiller sammen og skaper både likestilling og manglende likestilling. Denne versjonen av boken er uten bilder og i et hendigere format - for å gjøre boken mer anvendelig. De tre forfatterne er kulturforsker Hilde Danielsen, historiker Eirinn Larsen og filosof Ingeborg W. Owesen. «La meg slå fast med en gang: Dette er et både etterlengtet og imponerende verk.» - Beret Bråten i Tidsskrift for kjønnsforskning «En perle for øyet og et overflødighetshorn for tankene.» - Charlotte Myrbråten i Aftenposten

A beautifully illustrated catalogue on the most comprehensive and ambitious full-scale retrospective of Munch’s artistic oeuvre ever. In conjunction with the 150th anniversary of the birth of Edvard Munch (1863–1944) in 2013, a “once in a lifetime” exhibition is produced by the Munch Museum and the National Museum of Art, Architecture, and Design in Oslo. “Munch 150” is the most comprehensive and ambitious full-scale retrospective of Munch’s artistic oeuvre ever. It includes both an exceptional number of highlights, as well as some works that are less known, and is based on extensive loans from public and private collections. The exhibition and its catalogue encompass the entire development of Munch’s art from the 1880s to his death in 1944; the primary focus will be on Munch’s paintings, prints, drawings, and photographs. They cover Munch’s oeuvre in an overarching perspective: Self-presentation and self-portraiture; Places and perception; Visual rhetoric; The Frieze of Life as a lifelong project; Munch and public life; Narration and abstraction; Figure and representation; The staging of gender; and The construction of Munch after 1944. The catalogue also reflects Munch scholarship from recent decades revitalizing the artist’s importance, and include a timeline, a biography, and an index of names and places.