Heidegger, Reproductive Technology, & The Motherless Age
Dana S. Belu combines Heidegger’s phenomenology of technology with feminist phenomenology in order to make sense of the increased technicization of women’s reproductive bodies during conception, pregnancy, and birth.
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Dana S. Belu
Heidegger, Reproductive Technology, & The Motherless Age
Dana S. Belu California State University at Dominguez Hills Carson, California, USA
ISBN 978-3-319-50605-0 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-50606-7
ISBN 978-3-319-50606-7 (eBook)
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Many thanks to friends, family and colleagues who patiently discussed ideas, read chapters and shared feedback on the book. A profound thanks to Daniel Greenspan and Andrew Feenberg for their invaluable comments and insights. Sandra Harding, Ann Garry, Julia Sushytska, Ed and Mary Casey of Outside Philosophy have provided helpful notes on Chapter 5. I thank The Center for Subjectivity Research in Copenhagen and The Faculty Legacy Fund at California State University, and Dominguez Hills for their support of my project. I also thank Lissa McCullough, my editor, whose meticulous approach improved this manuscript. I owe a big thanks to my friend and colleague, Jutta Schamp, for her uplifting support. Very special gratitude goes out to my mother for her love and for frequently helping with childcare so that I could write. Finally, my deepest gratitude goes to my amazing son, Piet Stefan, whose birth brought a new sense of energy and commitment to this book.
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CONTENTS
1 Introduction: Phenomenology, Feminism, and Reproductive Technology
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2 The Paradox of Ge-stell
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3 Enframing the Womb: A Phenomenological Interpretation of Artificial Concept
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