Qrescent Mali Mason: Uses of Ambiguity. A Black Feminist Phenomenologist Reflects on Ambiguities in the Year 2020
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This talk focuses on the ambiguous dimensions of the year 2020 from the standpoint of a Black American feminist philosopher. Inheriting the  existential phenomenological concept of ambiguity from Simone de  Beauvoir, Qrescent Mali Mason seeks  in this final episode to map the ambiguities in Beauvoir’s work and life, and in the legacies of feminist thinkers like Beauvoir, who are complex,  complicated, brilliant, and also ambiguous. The discussion is moderated by Julia Jansen. This podcast is hosted by Ashika Singh and Liesbeth Schoonheim More reading.... Simone de Beauvoir. 2015 [1947]. The Ethics of Ambiguity. Translated by Bernard Frechtman. New York: Open Road Media. Audre Lorde. 2019 [19884]. Sister Outsider. Penguin UK.
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