Heidegger, Dasein, and Gender

Tricia Glazebrook is professor in the School of Politics, Philosophy, and Public Affairs and affiliate professor in the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program at Washington State University. Susanne Claxton is instructor of philosophy at Southern New Hampshire University and Santa Fe Community College.

• AcknowledgementsTricia GlazebrookEditor’s IntroductionSusanne Claxton Chapter 1. Heidegger, Dasein, and Gender in a non-binary EpochTricia GlazebrookChapter 2. In Defense of Dasein’s NeutralityWilliam McNeillChapter 3. Antigone’s (Poetic, Queer) Death: Heidegger, Butler, and MortalityKatherine DaviesChapter 4. The Im-Passability of Transition: Heidegger and Transgender DiscourseRylie Johnson Chapter 5. Maternal Dasein: Ruddick and Heidegger on “Authentic Mothering”Dana S. BeluChapter 6. Dasein and the Experience of Pregnancy: Contemplating Becoming-With, Attunement and Temporality with and beyond HeideggerMarjolein OeleChapter 7. The Ontogenesis of Human Beings and an Ethics of Re/memberingRóisín LallyChapter 8. “This is what it’s like for some women all the time”: Phenomenological Reflections of a White Male during the COVID-19 PandemicCasey RentmeesterChapter 9. Problem: What is Woman? The Hermeneutics of Sex/Gender FacticityJill DrouillardChapter 10. Da-Sein’s Pronouns Babette BabichChapter 11. Queering Heidegger: An Applied Ontology E. Das JanssenAbout the Contributors

Heidegger, Dasein, and Gender presents important, original arguments about Heidegger’s phenomenology, offering an impressive lineup of scholars and perspectives taking up pressing topics in contemporary life. Heidegger’s early claim that Dasein is neutral with respect to sex and gender, together with Dasein's transcendence of factual designations, opens pathways beyond reductive and binary conceptions of human identity. Highly recommended.