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This book provides the first in-depth examination of philosophy and feminism in the works of Wittgenstein, exploring the diverse approaches within this emerging field

The four thematic parts are accompanied by an introduction from the editors. They cover the history of ordinary language philosophy, moral and political thought, feminist epistemology and conceptual approaches to gender. Chapters are written by feminist philosophers who question the way in which ordinary language philosophy can enrich moral thought. Authoritative and comprehensive, it increases the visibility of a significant field outside of mainstream philosophy and confirms the continuing impact of Wittgenstein.

Table of Contents

Introduction for The Bloomsbury Handbook of Wittgensteinian Feminism

Part I: Women in the History of Ordinary Language Philosophy


1. Anscombe, Foot and Wittgenstein: Aristotelian Necessities and Forms of Life, Valérie Aucouturier (UCLouvain Saint-Louis, Belgium)

2. A Murdochian-Wittgensteinian Philosophical Method for Ethics, Camille Braune and Miranda Boldrini (Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, France;UCLouvain Saint-Louis, Belgium)

3. Was Mary Midgley a Wittgensteinian? Ellie Robson (Birkbeck University, UK)

4. Disrupting the Game: Ordinary Language and Situated Action, Saleta de Salvador Agra (Complutense University, Spain)

Part II: Rethinking Moral and Political Emancipation with Ordinary Language Philosophy

5. Wittgenstein, Austin, Cavell: Some Roots of a Feminist OLP, Sandra Laugier (Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, France)

6. The Female Voice and the Movement of Thought, Veena Das (John Hopkins University, USA)

7. Feminism and Forms of Life, Nora Hämäläinen (University of Pardubice, Czechia and University of Helsinki, Finland)

8. Agency and the Arrogation of Voice: Stanley Cavell's Wittgensteinian Feminism, Sarah Drew Lucas (Exeter University, UK)

Part III: Renewal of Feminist Epistemology from a Wittgensteinian Perspective

9. Rule-Following and Rule-Changing: A Feminist-Wittgensteinian Take on Language and Liberation, Anna Boncompagni (University of California, USA)

10. Acts of Imagination: Women Talking and Wittgenstein on Understanding the New, Camila Lobo (Nova University, Portugal)

11. Seeing-Aspects and the Sexed Body, Linda Zerilli (University of Chicago, USA)

Part IV: Conceptual Approaches to Gender

12. The Woman Question and Gender Self-Identification, Danièle Moyal-Sharrock and Constantine Sandis (University of Hertfordshire, UK)

13. Conceptual Discontents – A Critical Inquiry into the Relationship between Wittgenstein's 'Quietism' and Feminist Conceptual Engineering, Jasmin Trächtler (TU Dortmund, Germany)

14. Wittgenstein and Butler on Nonbinarism, Isabel G. Gamero Cabrera (Complutense University, Spain)

Conclusion

Bibliography

Product details

Bloomsbury Academic Test
Published 11 Dec 2025
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Extent 400
ISBN 9781350506732
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Dimensions 234 x 156 mm
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Anthology Editor

Sandra Laugier

Sandra Laugier is Professor of Philosophy at Paris…

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Isabel G. Gamero Cabrera

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Jasmin Trächtler

Jasmin Trächtler is Assistant Professor at the TU…

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Camille Braune

Camille Braune is completing her PhD thesis at Par…

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